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SCGS 2-49 , Aiken County, South Carolina, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)33.5756,-81.4275
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationGeorgia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Aiken County, South Carolina, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
SCGS 2-49 (14 m) - Aiken Co. Road 14 [Griffins Landing Mbr, Dry Branch Fm]Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985)Dry Branch - Griffins LandingSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Griffins Landing Mbr of the Dry Branch Fm, which locally overlies the Huber Fm (Paleocene-middle Eocene) and is overlain by the Tobaco Road Sand (late Eocene). AGE: Late Eocene (Jacksonian) and considered correlative with the Moodys Branch Fm and Cocoa Sand. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably from 12.20-15.25 m below surface in SCGS 2-49 augur hole.claystone37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aporolepas howei
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Pedunculata : Scalpellidae : Aporolepas : Aporolepas howei37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Hesperibalanus huddlestuni
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Archaeobalanidae : Hesperibalanus : Hesperibalanus huddlestuni37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Kathpalmeria georgiana
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Archaeobalanidae : Kathpalmeria : Kathpalmeria georgiana37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Sphyraenodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Sphyraenodus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Abdounia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Abdounia37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Negaprion sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Negaprion37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Physogaleus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Physogaleus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharias sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985) Barnacles of the Jacksonian (Upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina Geology 28 1, 1-21
Cicimurri D. J., Knight J. L. (2019) Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA, PaleoBios 36 43964, 1-31
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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