Charleston basin: Cretaceous, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 3 vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Charlston |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 80.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° North, 41.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-8 |
| Key time interval: | Cretaceous |
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ashley River | ||
| Database number: | 107399 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-07 06:27:42 | Last modified: | 2011-08-05 12:44:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-07 06:27:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||