Summerville: Chattian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Craniidinidae indet.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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unclassified
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Crustacea indet.
Brünnich 1772
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invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea | ||||||||||
Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Reptilia
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Gavialosuchus carolinensis
Erickson and Sawyer 1996
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Erickson and Sawyer 1996 | |||||||||
recombined as Thecachampsa carolinensis | ||||||||||
Private collection of L. Eberle (partial skeleton) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Agorophiidae
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Ankylorhiza n. gen. tiedemani
(Allen 1887)
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Boessenecker et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CCNHM 103 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon sp.
Grateloup 1840
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"protocetid cetacean (BCGM 9198), Squalodon" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Coronodonidae
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Coronodon planifrons
Boessenecker et al. 2023
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Boessenecker et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CCNHM 8732 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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? Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraenidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodontidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labridae indet.
(Cuvier 1816)
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Scombridae indet.
(Rafinesque 1815)
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Trichiuridae
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Trichiuridae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Palaeorhynchidae
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Aglyptorhynchus sp.
Casier 1966
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina cf. angeloides
Van Beneden 1873
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus sp.
de Blainville and Prévost 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Bythaelurus sp.
Compagno 1988
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna cf. media
Springer 1940
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Sphyrna zygaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Physogaleus aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Galeocerdo aduncus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Physogaleus sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carcharhinus gibbesi
(Woodward 1889)
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recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Rhincodontidae
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Rhincodon cf. typus
(Smith 1828)
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Nebrius cf. serra
(Leidy 1877)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Carcharias cuspidatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias cf. vulpinus
(Bonnaterre 1788)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles sp.
Jordan 1923
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cetorhinidae
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? Cetorhinus parvus
Leriche 1908
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recombined as Keasius parvus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Rhynchobatidae
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Rhynchobatus pristinus
Probst 1877
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rajidae
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Raja sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Raja mccollumi n. sp.
Cicimurri and Knight 2009
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Dasyatis cavernosa
Probst 1877
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Dasyatis rugosa
Probst 1877
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatinae indet.
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Mobula cf. loupianensis
Cappetta 1970
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Plinthicus stenodon
Cope 1869
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Paramobula fragilis
(Cappetta 1970)
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original and current combination Manta fragilis | ||||||||||
Rhinoptera cf. studeri
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Gymnuridae
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Gymnura sp.
Van Hasselt 1823
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Echinoidea
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Cidaroidea indet.
(Claus 1880)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Dorchester |
Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 80.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 74.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chandler Bridge | Member: | Bed 2 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | silty,sandy claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 97550 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-08-06 12:54:02 | Last modified: | 2023-04-19 13:03:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-06 12:54:02 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33280. | D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight. 2009. Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):627-647 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
5901 | R. W. Boessenecker, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti. PeerJ 11:e14795 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] | |
72961 | R. W. Boessenecker, M. Churchill, E. A. Buchholtz, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2020. Convergent Evolution of Swimming Adaptations in Modern Whales Revealed by a Large Macrophagous Dolphin from the Oligocene of South Carolina. Current Biology 30:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
61618 | B. R. Erickson. 1990. Paleoecology of crocodile and whale-bearing strata of Oligocene age in North America. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/B. Shipps] | |
46645 | B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |