Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• early Chattian; Ashley Formation is identified as Rupelian rather than its conventional assignment as Chattian by Weems et al. 2004

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

Primary reference: A. E. Sanders and L. G. Barnes. 2002. Paleontology of the Late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 2: Micromysticetus rothauseni, a primitive cetotheriid mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:271-293 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45778: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2004

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