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 | |
Xenorophus sp. Kellogg 1923 toothed whale | |
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 |