Ashley River (Miocene Marl): Miocene, South Carolina
collected by Bowman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Cyphornithidae
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? Palaeochenoides mioceanus
(Schufeldt 1916)
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Hopson 1964 | |||||||||
misspelling Palaeochenoides miocaenus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Eupachemys obtusus n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1877
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Leidy 1877 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea | ||||||||||
Prof. Holmes has submitted to my examination a specimen, probably pertaining to the same species as the latter, from the Ashley River, in the vicinity of Charles- ton. It consists of a marginal bone, represented in figures 4, 5, PI. xxxiv., half the natural size | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Leidy 1877 | |||||||||
I have repeatedly seen small fragments of the bony shell of species of Trionyx, from the Ashley deposits, but too small to determine from them any important specific character | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Phoca modesta n. sp.
Leidy 1869
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Leidy 1869 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pinnipedia | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Squalodon pelagius n. sp.
Leidy 1869
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Leidy 1869 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Dinoziphius carolinensis n. sp.
Leidy 1877
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Leidy 1877 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Proroziphius macrops n. sp.
Leidy 1876
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Leidy 1876 | |||||||||
recombined as Choneziphius macrops | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Squalodon crassus n. sp.
Allen 1926
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Allen 1926 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Ceterhinops longifrons n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1877
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Leidy 1877 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Sanders (2002) asserts that this specimen is from the Pliocene Goose Creek Limestone, but this seems unlikely. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Phoca debilis n. sp.
Leidy 1857
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Leidy 1857 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon vetus
Leidy 1855
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labrodon carolinensis
(Leidy 1856)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Conosaurus bowmani n. gen., n. sp.
Gibbes 1851
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4 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Cyclotomodon vagrans n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1876
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Cope 1876 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Oxyrhina praecursor
Leriche 1942
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notidanus primigenius
Agassiz 1835
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Notorhynchus primigenius | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna americana n. sp.
Leriche 1942
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Prionodon egertoni
(Agassiz 1843)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Gryphodobatis uncus
Leidy 1877
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma serra
(Leidy 1877)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Nebrius serra | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Oxyrhina retroflexa
Agassiz 1838
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Isurus retroflexus | ||||||||||
Oxyrhina hastalis
Agassiz 1838
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopecias grandis
Leriche 1942
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Alopias grandis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon angustidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens | ||||||||||
Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis ensidens
Leidy 1855
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis gigas
Cope 1868
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Myliobatis magister
(Leidy 1876)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
Rhinoptera dubia
(Leidy 1855)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
recombined as Rhinoptera dubius | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Dorchester |
Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 80.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 77.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | Bowman |
Taxonomic list comments:although only this specimen is specifically assigned to the Miocene marl, other parts of the fauna including Gomphotherium and Teleoceras may belong to it |
Metadata
Database number: | 18506 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-12-10 13:43:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
69852. | R. W. Gibbes. 1851. Memoir on Mosasaurus and the three allied new genera, Holcodus, Conosaurus, and Amphorosteus. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 2(5):1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
71195 | L. B. Albright, A. E. Sanders, R. E. Weems, D. J. Cicimurri, and J. L. Knight. 2019. Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57(2):77-236 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
946 | G. M. Allen. 1926. Fossil mammals from South Carolina. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 67(14):447-467 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
48953 | E. D. Cope. 1876. On a new genus of fossil fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:113 [M. Uhen/H. Reyes/M. Uhen] | |
40256 | J. A. Hopson. 1964. Pseudodontornis and other large marine birds form the Miocene of South Carolina. Postilla 83:1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
13402 | M. Kretzoi. 1941. Sirenavus hungaricus N. G. N. Sp., ein Neuer Prorastomide aus dem Mitteleozan (Lutetium) von Felsogallia in Ungarn. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungaricic Pars Mineralogica, Geologica et Palaeontologica 34:146-156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
42707 | J. Leidy. 1855. Indications of five species, with two new genera, of extinct Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:414 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez] | |
15361 | J. Leidy. 1856. Remarks on vertebrate fossils from the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:114-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15080 | J. Leidy. 1857. Notice of remains of two species of seals. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 8:265-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
53136 | J. Leidy. 1868. Remarks on Conosaurus of Gibbes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:200-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
12636 | J. Leidy. 1869. The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska, including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2:1-472 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15546 | J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils of the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:114-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
12638 | J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils from the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:80-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
12124 | J. Leidy. 1877. Description of vertebrate remains, chiefly from the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:209-260 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/E. Vlachos] | |
28099 | M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
16588 | G. G. Simpson. 1932. Fossil Sirenia of Florida and the evolution of the Sirenia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(8):419-503 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |