Charleston, Eocene unknown: Eocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Carolinochelys wilsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Hay 1923
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Charleston |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 79.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 68.5° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190388 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-07 02:16:47 | Last modified: | 2017-12-07 02:16:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-07 02:16:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24940. | O. P. Hay. 1923. Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates. Pan-American Geologist 39:101-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |