Northbridge Park, Ashley Fm. (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: South Carolina (32.8° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 73.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic limestone

• fine-grained calcarenite, shelly from 16-26m, abunduant phosphate in basal meter

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. Paleontology of the “Ashley Phosphate Beds” of Charleston: Insights from Northbridge Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Geological Society of America Field Guide 53:1-8 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182155: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alex Graur on 11.10.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus angustidens
Otodus angustidens Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornis sp.
Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857 bird
Reptilia
 Squamata - Amphisbaenidae
Blanus sp.
Blanus sp. Wagler 1830 worm lizard
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Coronodonidae
Coronodon havensteini
Coronodon havensteini Geisler et al. 2017 whale
 Cetacea - Waipatiidae
aff. Waipatia sp.
aff. Waipatia sp. Fordyce 1994 toothed whale
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Crenatosiren olseni
Crenatosiren olseni Reinhart 1976 dugong
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp.
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral