Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 74.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bed 2 Member (Chandler Bridge Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shoreface; silty, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight. 2009. Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):627-647 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97550: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaroidea indet. Claus 1880 sea urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark | |
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus
"Physogaleus aduncus" = Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna cf. media Springer 1940 hammerhead shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Bythaelurus sp. Compagno 1988 cat shark | |
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
"Carcharhinus gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark | |
Nebrius cf. serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
Rhincodon cf. typus Smith 1828 whale shark | |
Carcharocles sp. Jordan 1923 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
"? Cetorhinus parvus" = Keasius parvus
"? Cetorhinus parvus" = Keasius parvus Leriche 1908 basking shark | |
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Alopias cf. vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark | |
Raja sp., Raja mccollumi n. sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja mccollumi n. sp. Cicimurri and Knight 2009 skate | |
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish | |
Paramobula fragilis Cappetta 1970 eagle ray
Mobula cf. loupianensis Cappetta 1970 devil ray
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 eagle ray
Myliobatinae indet. eagle ray | |
Rhinoptera cf. studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Squatina cf. angeloides Van Beneden 1873 angel shark | |
Reptilia | |
"Gavialosuchus carolinensis" = Thecachampsa carolinensis3
"Gavialosuchus carolinensis" = Thecachampsa carolinensis3 Erickson and Sawyer 1996 crocodilian Private collection of L. Eberle (partial skeleton)
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Mammalia | |
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Ankylorhiza tiedemani n. gen.2
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Actinopteri | |
? Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar | |
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
Sphyraenidae indet. barracuda | |
Albulidae indet. Bleeker 1859 bonefish | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral |