Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Runnymede Marl Member (Ashley Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker, E. Ahmed, and J. H. Geisler. 2017. New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes. PLoS One 12(11):e0186476 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189779: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.11.2017, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Natemys sp. Wood et al. 1996 leatherback CCNHM 4910, a non-ridged ossicle collected by Shaun Coates on April 1, 2018 from the ?Runnymede Marl member of the Ashley Formation, Sawmill Branch Canal, Summerville
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Mammalia | |
Albertocetus meffordorum Uhen 2008 toothed whale |