Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.1° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 80.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waccamaw Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Age after Boessenecker et al 2018.
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188304: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
cf. Holmesina sp. Simpson 1930 edentate | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
cf. Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923 gomphothere | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph
Neochoerus pinkneyi caviomorph | |
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872 whale | |
Eschrichtius cf. robustus Lilljeborg 1861 gray whale | |
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual
Megaptera sp. Gray 1846 humpback whale | |
Balaenula sp. Van Beneden 1872 right whale
Balaena cf. mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
cf. Astadelphis sp. Bianucci 1996 dolphin | |
Kogiidae indet. Miller 1923 pygmy sperm whale | |
cf. Physeterula sp. Van Beneden 1877 sperm whale | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Reptilia | |
Macrochelys sp. Gray 1856 alligator snapping turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle | |
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. bird | |
Actinopteri | |
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
cf. Sciaenops sp. Gill 1863 | |
Aluterus sp. Cloquet 1816 Leatherjacket | |
Sphoeroides hyperostosus Tyler et al. 1992 | |
Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792 | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802 sea robin | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser oxyrhinchus sturgeon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis centroura Mitchill 1814 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark | |
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Rhincodon typus Smith 1828 whale shark | |
Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark | |
Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark |