South Aiken Site: Priabonian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. prima (Winkler 1874)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
cf. Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostomatidae indet. Gill 1862
Nebrius cf. thielensi
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharinidae indet. (Jordan and Evermann 1896)
original and current combination Carcharhinidae
Isogomphodon aikenensis n. sp. Cicimurri and Knight 2019
Rhizoprionodon ? ganntourensis (Arambourg 1952)
Physogaleus aff. latus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scylliorhinus sp. (Blainville 1816)
original and current combination Scyliorhinus
Abdounia enniskilleni (White 1956)
Premontreia cf. gilberti (Casier 1946)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis cf. curvatus Dames 1883
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Negaprion gilmorei (Leriche 1942)
original and current combination Sphyrna gilmorei
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus cf. pristinus Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus cf. kempi
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908
Pseudaetobatus undulatus Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Dasyatis cf. tricuspidatus Casier 1946
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Aiken
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 84.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.8° North, 77.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Barnwell Formation:Dry Branch
Stratigraphy comments: 2 meters below base of overlying Tobacco Road Fm. Late Eocene age based on invertebrates and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and laser fusion age of tektites in formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: screen-washed with water in lab and sieved with 0.25 mm screen
Metadata
Database number:202014
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-06-17 14:58:31 Last modified:2019-06-17 14:58:31
Access level:the public Released:2019-06-17 14:58:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
69202. D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight. 2019. Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios 36(43964):1-31 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]