College Park drainage ditch: Chattian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Xenorophidae
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Cotylocara macei n. gen., n. sp.
Geisler et al. 2014
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Berkeley |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 80.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 74.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chandler Bridge | Member: | Bed 2 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 154905 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-03-18 09:11:34 | Last modified: | 2024-01-11 07:33:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-18 09:11:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50416. | J. H. Geisler, M. W. Colbert, and J. L. Carew. 2014. A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation. Nature [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 61618 | B. R. Erickson. 1990. Paleoecology of crocodile and whale-bearing strata of Oligocene age in North America. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/B. Shipps] |