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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ankylorhiza sp.1 Boessenecker et al. 2020 toothed whale It is not clear where near Charleston this specimen actually came from, but it is probably from the Ashley Formation.
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Xenorophus sloanii n. gen. n. sp.
Xenorophus sloanii n. gen. n. sp. Kellogg 1923 toothed whale | |
Reptilia | |
"Carolinachelys wilsoni" = Carolinochelys2
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Gastropoda | |
"Volutilithes petrosa" = Athleta petrosa
"Volutilithes petrosa" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
"Cassis (Morio) petersoni" = Galeodea petersoni
"Cassis (Morio) petersoni" = Galeodea petersoni Conrad 1854 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten calvatus" = Eburneopecten calvatus
"Pecten calvatus" = Eburneopecten calvatus Morton 1833 scallop | |
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster |