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Williamsburg - Chicora, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

Formation	Williamsburg
Member	Chicora
Age:	59.2 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene
Interval	Paleocene
Lithology	phosphorite, sandstone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	19

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
St. Stephen	Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA	Williamsburg - Chicora
Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry -Paleocene level	Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA	Williamsburg - Chicora

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Toweius sp. genus	6	Coccolithacea : *Toweius*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Jacquhermania duponti species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Gymnuridae : Jacquhermania : *Jacquhermania duponti*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Coupatezia woutersi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Coupatezia : *Coupatezia woutersi*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Heterotorpedo fowleri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Heterotorpedo : *Heterotorpedo fowleri*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Rhinobatus bruxelliensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rajiformes : Rhinobatidae : Rhinobatus : *Rhinobatus bruxelliensis*	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Glyptosaurinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae : Glyptosaurinae	59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Braarudosphaera bigelowii species	7	Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Braarudosphaeraceae : Braarudosphaera : *Braarudosphaera bigelowii*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Coccolithus pelagicus species	7	Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Coccolithus : *Coccolithus pelagicus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Discoaster sp. genus	6	Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Discoasterales : Discoasteraceae : *Discoaster*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Zygodiscus sp. genus	6	Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Zygodiscales : Zygodiscaceae : *Zygodiscus*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Cyclagelosphaera sp. genus	6	Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Watznaueriales : Watznaueriaceae : *Cyclagelosphaera*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene

References

Weems R. E., Bybell L. M. (1998) Geology of the Black Mingo Group (Paleocene) in the Kingstree and St. Stephen Areas of South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88 4, 9-27

Cicimurri D. J., Knight J. L., et al (2016) Late Paleocene glyptosaur (Reptilia: Anguidae) osteoderms from South Carolina, USA, Journal of Paleontology 90 1, 147-153 doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.16

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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