Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: NP24 foram zone, Ashley Formation (Cooper Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• listed in paper as Ashley-Cooper Marl of probable Oligocene ages; Ashley Formation is identified as Rupelian rather than its conventional assignment as Chattian by Weems et al. 2004

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•late Rupelian according to Sanders & Geisler, 2015

Environment/lithology: marine; green, calcareous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76(7):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45500: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.10.2004

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