Myrtle Beach: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Carolina
collected by E. A. Affinito 1984

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
? Prognathodon sp. Dollo 1889
1 specimen
SCSM 84.176.1, tooth
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Horry
Coordinates: 33.7° North, 78.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 56.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Peedee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: stratigraphic assignment uncertain
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:E. A. Affinito Collection dates:1984
Metadata
Also known as:site 13
Database number:201617
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-05-15 14:02:52 Last modified:2021-02-19 06:21:11
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-15 14:02:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

68976. D. R. Schwimmer, A. E. Sanders, B. R. Erickson and R. E. Weems. 2015. A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 105(2):1-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]