Summerville: Chattian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Craniidinidae indet.
Echinoidea
Cidaroidea indet. (Claus 1880)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatinae indet.
Rhinoptera cf. studeri (Agassiz 1843)
Mobula cf. loupianensis Cappetta 1970
Paramobula fragilis (Cappetta 1970)
original and current combination Manta fragilis
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Raja mccollumi n. sp. Cicimurri and Knight 2009
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. angeloides Van Beneden 1873
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Bythaelurus sp. Compagno 1988
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Galeocerdo aduncus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980
Carcharhinus gibbesi (Woodward 1889)
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna cf. media Springer 1940
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhincodontidae
Rhincodon cf. typus (Smith 1828)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius cf. serra (Leidy 1877)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias cf. vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
? Cetorhinus parvus Leriche 1908
recombined as Keasius parvus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles sp. Jordan 1923
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
? Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodontidae indet.
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. (Cuvier 1816)
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet. (Rafinesque 1815)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiuridae indet.
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albulidae indet. Bleeker 1859
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraenidae indet.
Reptilia
Gavialosuchus carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer 1996
Erickson and Sawyer 1996
recombined as Thecachampsa carolinensis
Private collection of L. Eberle (partial skeleton)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Coronodonidae
Coronodon planifrons Boessenecker et al. 2023
Boessenecker et al. 2023 1 specimen
CCNHM 8732
Mammalia - Cetacea - Agorophiidae
Ankylorhiza n. gen. tiedemani (Allen 1887)
Boessenecker et al. 2020 1 specimen
CCNHM 103
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840
"protocetid cetacean (BCGM 9198), Squalodon"
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Dorchester
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 74.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chandler Bridge Member:Bed 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty,sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:97550
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-08-06 12:54:02 Last modified:2023-04-19 13:03:01
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-06 12:54:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33280. 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]

Secondary references:

5901 R. W. Boessenecker, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti. PeerJ 11:e14795 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]
72961 R. W. Boessenecker, M. Churchill, E. A. Buchholtz, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2020. Convergent Evolution of Swimming Adaptations in Modern Whales Revealed by a Large Macrophagous Dolphin from the Oligocene of South Carolina. Current Biology 30:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
61618 B. R. Erickson. 1990. Paleoecology of crocodile and whale-bearing strata of Oligocene age in North America. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/B. Shipps]
46645 B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]