Burches Ferry (upper) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as site 8

Where: Florence County, South Carolina (34.1° N, 79.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 51.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Donoho Creek Formation (Black Creek Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• within calcareous nannofossil zone CC 22c; bed shows a color change from top to bottom but is interpreted as a single lithological unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, micaceous, gray, red sandstone

• "massive, highly fossiliferous, clay-rich, micaceous, predominately fine-grained sand...there are also occasional larger (more than 5 mm in greatest dimension) quartz and phosphatic clasts."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. Cicimurri, C. Bentley, M. Bruggeman, B. England, L. Hudson in 1978, 1998–1999, 2002, 2005

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79363: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.2 plesiosaur
SCSM 2005.25.4, vertebral centrum
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
tooth
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni2 Sues 1978 maniraptoran
SCSM 99.55.1, pedal ungual
 Theropoda -
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis2 Carr et al. 2005 coelurosaur
SCSM 98.64.2, tooth
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet.2 crocodilian
ChM PV7559, proximal femur
Borealosuchus sp.2 Brochu 1997 crocodilian
SCSM 2005.25.7, 25.8, osteoderms
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.1 Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Testudines -
Toxochelys sp.2 Cope 1873 turtle
ChM PV7221, L peripheral 10
 Testudines - Adocidae
"Adocus cf. punctatus" = Adocus beatus2
"Adocus cf. punctatus" = Adocus beatus2 Leidy 1865 turtle
SCSM 2005.25.1, 25.12, 25.21
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet.1 Baur 1893 sea turtle
 Testudines - Dermochelyoidae
Corsochelys bentleyi n. sp.2 Schwimmer et al. 2015 sea turtle
SCSM 2005.25.3
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet.2 Gervais 1852 mosasaur
ChM PV6780, tooth
Tylosaurus sp.2 Marsh 1872 mosasaur
SCSM 2005.25.18, 78.16.6; ChM PV6779
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.1 Cuvier 1825 gar
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp.1 Gronow 1763 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei1 Estes 1969
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus1 Cope 1874
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
"Stephanodus" sp.1 Zittel 1883
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
 Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
 Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
cf. Pachyrhizodus sp.1 Agassiz 1850
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.1 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion babulskii1 Cappetta and Case 1975 elasmobranch
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei1 Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus aff. granti1 bullhead shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.1 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium meyeri1 Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon sp.1 Herman 1975 collared carpetshark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini1
"Cretodus borodini" = Protolamna borodini1 Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata1 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi1 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus1 Agassiz 1835 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis1 Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias samhammeri1 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
Carcharias holmdelensis1 Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola1 Estes 1964 ray
Ischyrhiza mira1 Leidy 1856 ray
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon vermiculata1 Cappetta 1975 ray
 Rajiformes -
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi1 Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos casieri1 Herman 1977 guitarfish
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis1 Romer 1942 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis1 Cappetta and Case 1975 stingray