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Silver Bluff, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

Formation	Silver Bluff
Age:	2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Interval	Pleistocene
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	41

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Edisto Island	Charleston County, South Carolina, USA	Silver Bluff

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Bison antiquus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison : *Bison antiquus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Palaeolama mirifica species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Palaeolama : *Palaeolama mirifica*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Odocoileus virginianus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Odocoileus : *Odocoileus virginianus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mylohyus fossilis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Mylohyus : *Mylohyus fossilis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Canis dirus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : *Canis dirus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Urocyon cinereoargenteus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Urocyon : *Urocyon cinereoargenteus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Panthera onca species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Panthera : *Panthera onca*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Odobenus rosmarus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Odobenus : *Odobenus rosmarus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Halichoerus grypus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Halichoerus : *Halichoerus grypus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Procyon lotor species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Procyonidae : Procyon : *Procyon lotor*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Arctodus floridanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Arctodus : *Arctodus floridanus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Balaenopteridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Tursiops truncatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Tursiops : *Tursiops truncatus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Physeter sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : *Physeter*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Dasypus bellus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Dasypus : *Dasypus bellus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Holmesina septentrionalis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Pampatheriidae : Holmesina : *Holmesina septentrionalis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Sylvilagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : *Sylvilagus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Equus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Equus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Tapirus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Tapiridae : *Tapirus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mammuthus columbi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : *Mammuthus columbi*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mammut americanum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut : *Mammut americanum*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Castor canadensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castor : *Castor canadensis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Castoroides ohioensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castoroides : *Castoroides ohioensis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Hydrochoerus pinckneyi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Neochoerus : *Hydrochoerus pinckneyi*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Trichechus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Trichechinae : *Trichechus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Glyptotherium cylindricum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Glyptodontidae : Glyptotherium : *Glyptotherium cylindricum*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Megalonyx jeffersonii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megalonychidae : Megalonyx : *Megalonyx jeffersonii*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Eremotherium laurillardi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium : *Eremotherium laurillardi*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Paramylodon harlani species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Mylodontidae : Paramylodon : *Paramylodon harlani*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Alligator sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : *Alligator*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Alligator mississippiensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : Alligator : *Alligator mississippiensis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Coluber sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Coluber*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Elaphe sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Elaphe*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Chelydra serpentina species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Chelydra : *Chelydra serpentina*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Chrysemys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : *Chrysemys*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Terrapene carolina species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Terrapene : *Terrapene carolina*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Kinosternon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternidae : *Kinosternon*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Geochelone sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : *Geochelone*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Gopherus polyphemus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Gopherus : *Gopherus polyphemus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Trionychidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

References

Roth J. A., Laerm J. (1980) A late Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from Edisto Island, South Carolina, Brimleyana 3, 1-29

Erickson B. R., Sawyer G. T. (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

Franz R., Quitmyer I. R. (2005) A fossil and zooarchaeological history of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Southeastern United States, Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. History 45 4, 179-199

Alroy J. (2006) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates

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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