Wando River, Runnymede Marl: Rupelian, 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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Albertocetus meffordorum
Uhen 2008
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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Natemys sp.
Wood et al. 1996
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Fallon and Boessenecker 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 4910, a non-ridged ossicle collected by Shaun Coates on April 1, 2018 from the ?Runnymede Marl member of the Ashley Formation, Sawmill Branch Canal, Summerville | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Berkeley |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 73.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 | Member: | Runnymede Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 189779 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-11-11 11:03:47 | Last modified: | 2017-11-11 11:03:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-11 11:03:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63780. | R. W. Boessenecker, E. Ahmed, and J. H. Geisler. 2017. New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes. PLoS One 12(11):e0186476 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 74516 | B. R. Fallon and R. W. Boessenecker. 2020. Multispecies leatherback turtle assemblage from the Oligocene Chandler Bridge and Ashley formations of South Carolina, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65:1-14 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |