Wando River + Highway 41 bridge: Rupelian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Xenorophidae
Inermorostrum xenops n. gen., n. sp. Boessenecker et al. 2017
Boessenecker et al. 2017 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Coronodonidae
Coronodon havensteini n. gen., n. sp. Geisler et al. 2017
1 specimen
CCNHM 108
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Berkeley
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 73.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ashley
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:186670
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen, C. Peredo
Modifier:C. Peredo Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-29 12:29:05 Last modified:2017-08-23 13:15:09
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-29 12:29:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62600. J. H. Geisler, R. W. Boessenecker, M. Brown and B. L. Beatty. 2017. The Origin of Filter Feeding in Whales. Current Biology 27:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

63114 R. W. Boessenecker, D. Fraser, M. Churchill and J.H. Geisler. 2017. A toothless dwarf dolphin (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) points to explosive feeding diversification of modern whales (Neoceti). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170531 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]