Austin Sand Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Giglymostoma sp.
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cf. Rhynchobatos sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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cf. Cuvieronius sp.
Osborn 1923
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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cf. Holmesina sp.
Simpson 1930
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium sp.
Spillmann 1948
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eschrichtiidae
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Eschrichtius cf. robustus
(Lilljeborg 1861)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Herpetocetus sp.
Van Beneden 1872
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena cf. mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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Balaenula sp.
Van Beneden 1872
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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Megaptera sp.
Gray 1846
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Balaenoptera borealina
Van Beneden 1880
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nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
Balaenoptera "borealina" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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cf. Physeterula sp.
Van Beneden 1877
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kogiidae
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Kogiidae indet.
Miller 1923
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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cf. Astadelphis sp.
Bianucci 1996
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Ontocetus emmonsi
Leidy 1859
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus sp.
Hay 1926
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Neochoerus pinkneyi
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Macrochelys sp.
Gray 1856
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Reptilia
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Istiophoridae
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Istiophorus albicans
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Monacanthidae
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Aluterus sp.
Cloquet 1816
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Chilomycterus schoepfi
(Walbaum 1792)
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Sphoeroides hyperostosus
Tyler et al. 1992
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Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Pogonias sp.
Lacépède 1802
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cf. Sciaenops sp.
Gill 1863
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Prionotus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser oxyrhinchus
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis centroura
(Mitchill 1814)
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notorhynchus sp.
Ayres 1855
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Carcharodon hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Parotodus benedeni
(Le Hon 1871)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias taurus
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias vulpinus
(Bonnaterre 1788)
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Rhincodontidae
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Rhincodon typus
(Smith 1828)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carcharhinus leucas
(Valenciennes 1839)
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Negaprion eurybathrodon
(Blake 1862)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvieri
(Peron and LeSueur 1822)
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original and current combination Galeocerdo cuvier | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Dorchester |
Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 80.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 80.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Waccamaw | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al 2018. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 188304 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2017-08-28 08:33:36 | Last modified: | 2018-06-20 10:20:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-28 08:33:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
63142. | S. J. Boessenecker, R. W. Boessenecker, and J. Geisler. 2017. Youngest record of extinct walrus Ontocetus ommonsi (Carnivora: Odobenidae): Plio-Pleistocene Austin Sand Pit, South Carolina, USA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 2017:83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
66045 | S. J. Boessenecker, R. W. Boessenecker, and J. H. Geisler. 2018. Youngest record of the extinct walrus Ontocetus emmonsi from the Early Pleistocene of South Carolina and a review of North Atlantic walrus biochronology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(2):279-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
26222 | N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |