Myrtle Beach (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Horry County, South Carolina (33.7° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 78.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Canepatch Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77590: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.01.2008, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus2 Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise
ChMPV-1539
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii3
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii3 Leidy 1860 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bootherium bombifrons1 Harlan 1825 antelope
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans1 Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus1 Leidy 1854 bear
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis1 Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Castoroides dilophidus1 Martin 1969 giant beaver