Cooper River site (Euclastes locality): Rupelian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Agorophiidae
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Ankylorhiza sp.
Boessenecker et al. 2020
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CCNHM 4294 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Coronodonidae
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Dorudon serratus
Gibbes 1845
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Weems and Brown 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 8745 | ||||||||||
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= Coronodonidae indet.
Boessenecker et al. 2023
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Boessenecker et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| CCNHM 8745; see discussion p. 17 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Euclastes sp.
Cope 1870
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Weems and Brown 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 552 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Charleston |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 79.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 73.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ashley | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originially identified as the Eocene Parkers Ferry Formation, Boessenecker et al. 2023 indicate that this is the Ashley Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Found by divers | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188994 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Uhen | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-09-25 11:31:36 | Last modified: | 2023-04-19 13:30:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-25 11:31:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5901. | R. W. Boessenecker, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti. PeerJ 11:e14795 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 63476 | R. E. Weems and K. M. Brown. 2017. More-complete remains of Procolpochelys charlestonensis (Oligocene, South Carolina), an occurrence of Euclastes (upper Eocene, South Carolina), and their bearing on Cenozoic pancheloniid sea turtle distribution and phylogeny. Journal of Paleontology 91(6):1228-1243 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |