Middle Swamp, Myrtle Beach (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Darlington County, South Carolina (34.2° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Duplin Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• early Late Pliocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 206988: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph