Argos Quarry, Parkers Ferry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Blue Circle Cement Quarry, Gifford-Hill Cement Quarry, Lafarge

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 72.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: NP 19/20 nannofossil zone, Parkers Ferry Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, argillaceous limestone

• glauconitic, clayey, fine-grained limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. B. Albright, A. E. Sanders, R. E. Weems, D. J. Cicimurri, and J. L. Knight. 2019. Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57(2):77-236 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206946: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898 snake
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