Burches Ferry (upper): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, South Carolina
collected by D. Cicimurri, C. Bentley, M. Bruggeman, B. England, L. Hudson 1978, 1998–1999, 2002, 2005

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Cicimurri 2007 354 specimens
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763
Cicimurri 2007 5 specimens
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
"Stephanodus" sp. Zittel 1883
Cicimurri 2007 56 specimens
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Cicimurri 2007 624 specimens
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Saurodontidae indet. Stewart
Cicimurri 2007 7 specimens
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Ichthyodectidae indet. Crook 1892
Cicimurri 2007 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
cf. Pachyrhizodus sp. Agassiz 1850
Cicimurri 2007 2 specimens
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus phaseolus (Hay 1899)
Cicimurri 2007 4 specimens
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Cicimurri 2007 12 specimens
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
ChM PV6780, tooth
Tylosaurus sp. Marsh 1872
Schwimmer et al. 2015 3 specimens
SCSM 2005.25.18, 78.16.6; ChM PV6779
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus cf. punctatus Marsh 1890
Schwimmer et al. 2015 3 specimens
synonym of Adocus beatus
SCSM 2005.25.1, 25.12, 25.21
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893
Cicimurri 2007 53 specimens
Corsochelys bentleyi n. sp. Schwimmer et al. 2015
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
SCSM 2005.25.3
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Cicimurri 2007 2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys sp. Cope 1873
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
ChM PV7221, L peripheral 10
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
SCSM 2005.25.4, vertebral centrum
Reptilia
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. 2005
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
SCSM 98.64.2, tooth
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
SCSM 99.55.1, pedal ungual
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Cicimurri 2007 1 specimen
tooth
Reptilia
Eusuchia indet. (Huxley 1875)
Schwimmer et al. 2015 1 specimen
ChM PV7559, proximal femur
Borealosuchus sp. Brochu 1997
Schwimmer et al. 2015 2 specimens
SCSM 2005.25.7, 25.8, osteoderms
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Cicimurri 2007 171 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus aff. granti
Cicimurri 2007 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
Cicimurri 2007 26 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Cicimurri 2007 7 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
Cicimurri 2007 8 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Cicimurri 2007 6 specimens
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Cicimurri 2007 389 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias samhammeri (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Cicimurri 2007 51 specimens
Carcharias holmdelensis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Cicimurri 2007 320 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus borodini (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Cicimurri 2007 9 specimens
recombined as Protolamna borodini
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon sp. Herman 1975
Cicimurri 2007 4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium meyeri Case and Cappetta 1997
Cicimurri 2007 7 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Cicimurri 2007 5 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964
Cicimurri 2007 61 specimens
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Cicimurri 2007 166 specimens
Borodinopristis schwimmeri Case 1987
Cicimurri 2007 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975
Cicimurri 2007 782 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (Thurmond 1971)
Cicimurri 2007 326 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
Cicimurri 2007 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion babulskii Cappetta and Case 1975
Cicimurri 2007 105 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Cicimurri 2007 37 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942
Cicimurri 2007 12 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
Cicimurri 2007 90 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Florence
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 79.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 51.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Black Creek Formation:Donoho Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: within calcareous nannofossil zone CC 22c; bed shows a color change from top to bottom but is interpreted as a single lithological unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,micaceous,gray,red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "massive, highly fossiliferous, clay-rich, micaceous, predominately fine-grained sand...there are also occasional larger (more than 5 mm in greatest dimension) quartz and phosphatic clasts."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.250 Maximum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:D. Cicimurri, C. Bentley, M. Bruggeman, B. England, L. Hudson Collection dates:1978, 1998–1999, 2002, 2005
Metadata
Also known as:site 8
Database number:79363
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-03-04 13:30:06 Last modified:2023-06-15 13:24:24
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-04 13:30:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
85047. D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

26610ETE D. J. Cicimurri. 2007. A late Campanian (Cretaceous) selachian assemblage from a classic locality in Florence County, South Carolina. Southeastern Geology 45(2):59-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78149 B. Erickson. 2015. History of the South Carolina paleontological collections in the Science Museum of Minnesota 1980 – 2011. The Science Museum of Minnesota, Monograph (Paleontology) 9:1-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]