North Aiken Site (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as SC96.97

Where: Aiken County, South Carolina (33.6° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• late Eocene age based on invertebrates and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and laser fusion age of tektites in formation

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• clay pit

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight. 2019. Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios 36(43964):1-31 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202013: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 17.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
cf. Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Rhizoprionodon ? ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Physogaleus aff. latus requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Foumtizia sp. Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 cat shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis cf. curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942 hammerhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus cf. kempi sevengill shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray
Pseudaetobatus undulatus Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015 eagle ray