Austin Sand Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Giglymostoma sp.
Boessenecker et al. 2018
cf. Rhynchobatos sp.
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill 1814)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake 1862)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cuvieri (Peron and LeSueur 1822)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
original and current combination Galeocerdo cuvier
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhincodontidae
Rhincodon typus (Smith 1828)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Carcharodon hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedeni (Le Hon 1871)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser oxyrhinchus
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926
Neochoerus pinkneyi
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
cf. Physeterula sp. Van Beneden 1877
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae
Kogiidae indet. Miller 1923
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
cf. Astadelphis sp. Bianucci 1996
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880
Boessenecker et al. 2018
nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera "borealina"
Megaptera sp. Gray 1846
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena cf. mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Balaenula sp. Van Beneden 1872
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtius cf. robustus (Lilljeborg 1861)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
cf. Holmesina sp. Simpson 1930
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
cf. Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Macrochelys sp. Gray 1856
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
Boessenecker et al. 2018
cf. Sciaenops sp. Gill 1863
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Aluterus sp. Cloquet 1816
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum 1792)
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Sphoeroides hyperostosus Tyler et al. 1992
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
Istiophorus albicans
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Boessenecker et al. 2018
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802
Boessenecker et al. 2018
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Dorchester
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 80.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waccamaw
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al 2018.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:188304
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-08-28 08:33:36 Last modified:2018-06-20 10:20:56
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-28 08:33:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

63142. S. J. Boessenecker, R. W. Boessenecker, and J. Geisler. 2017. Youngest record of extinct walrus Ontocetus ommonsi (Carnivora: Odobenidae): Plio-Pleistocene Austin Sand Pit, South Carolina, USA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 2017:83 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

66045 S. J. Boessenecker, R. W. Boessenecker, and J. H. Geisler. 2018. Youngest record of the extinct walrus Ontocetus emmonsi from the Early Pleistocene of South Carolina and a review of North Atlantic walrus biochronology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(2):279-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
26222 N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]