Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Godfrey, M. D. Uhen, J. E. Osborne and L. E. Edwards. 2016. A new specimen of Agorophius pygmaeus (Agorophiidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the early Oligocene Ashley Formation of South Carolina, USA. Journal of Paleontology 90(1):154-169 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91482: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Agorophius pygmaeus Muller 1849 toothed whale |