Magnolia Phosphate Mine: Early/Lower Miocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pseudodontornis longirostris (Spulski 1910)
Hopson 1964
recombined as Pelagornis longirostris
said to be from the Stono River, near the source
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope 1883
? Nanosiren sp. Domning and Aguilera 2008
Domning and Aguilera 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Charleston
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 80.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 75.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:58453
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-02-07 09:53:24 Last modified:2006-02-07 11:53:24
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-07 09:53:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16573. D. P. Domning. 1989. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. II. Dioplotherium manigaulti Cope, 1883. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):415-428 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27454 D. P. Domning and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbeaan Region. VIII. Nanosiren garciae, gen. et sp. nov. and Nanosiren sanchezi, sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):479-500 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40256 J. A. Hopson. 1964. Pseudodontornis and other large marine birds form the Miocene of South Carolina. Postilla 83:1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]