Jamestown Limestone Quarry, Pit III (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Bekeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 64.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Fishburne Formation (Black Mingo Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, argillaceous limestone

• relatively thin, clay-rich, bioturbated, biomicrite limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case, T. D. Cook, and M. V. H. Wilson. 2015. A new elasmobranch assemblage from the early Eocene (Ypresian) Fishburne Formation of Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52:1121-1136 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203258: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
"Hypolophodon dockeryi" = Platyrhina dockeryi
"Hypolophodon dockeryi" = Platyrhina dockeryi Case 1994 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Pachygaleus lefevrei
Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia beaugei, Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark
Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Protoginglymostoma ypresiensis, Nebrius thielensis
Protoginglymostoma ypresiensis Herman 1977 nurse shark
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Palaeorhincodon sp.
Palaeorhincodon sp. Herman 1975 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium sp.
Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Brachycarcharias mississippiensis
Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sp., Striatolamia macrota
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp., Heterodontus cf. sowasheense
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus cf. sowasheense Case 1994 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi Jaekel 1904 torpedo
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Meridiania convexa, Myliobatis sp., Burnhamia aff. daviesi, Eorhinoptera grabdai n. gen. n. sp.
Meridiania convexa Case 1994 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Burnhamia aff. daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Eorhinoptera grabdai n. gen. n. sp. Case et al. 2011 cow-nosed ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia sp.
Coupatezia sp. Cappetta 1982 stingray