Pocotaligo (Neogene of the United States)

Where: South Carolina (32.6° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 78.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84102: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Prionodon carolinensis n. sp. Leriche 1942 blue shark