Eagle Creek, Chandler Bridge Formation (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chandler Bridge Formation (Cooper Group), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; phosphatic, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore and A. E. Sanders. 1977. Review of the Oligocene Cetacea. Systematic Zoology 25:304-320 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112635: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Xenorophidae
Xenorophus sp. Kellogg 1923 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae "Genus X" Brandt 1873 toothed whale
Squalodontidae "Genus Y" Brandt 1873 toothed whale
Squalodontidae "Genus Z" Brandt 1873 toothed whale
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale