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Crowfield Lake, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)33.0082,-80.0575
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationSouth Carolina, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Crowfield LakeDomning D. P. (1997)Chandler Bridge - 1sandstone28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Crenatosiren olseni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Halitherium : Halitherium olseni28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Metaxytherium albifontanum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Metaxytherium : Metaxytherium albifontanum28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Priscosiren atlantica
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Priscosiren : Priscosiren atlantica28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Thecachampsa carolinensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Thecachampsa : Thecachampsa carolinensis28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Ashleychelys palmeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : Ashleychelys : Ashleychelys palmeri28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Bairdemys healeyorum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemididae : Bairdemys : Bairdemys healeyorum28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

References

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
Domning D. P. (1997) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. VI. Crenatosiren olseni (Reinhart, 1976), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 2, 397-412
Weems R. E., Knight J. L. (2013) A New Species of Bairdemys (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Oligocene (Early Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina, USA, and Its Paleobiogeographic Implications for the Genus, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, 289-303
Weems R. E., Sanders A. E. (2014) Oligocene Pancheloniid Sea Turtles from the Vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 80-99 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.792826
Velez-Juarbe J., Domning D. P. (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. IX. Metaxytherium albifontanum, sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2, 444-464 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.799072
Velez-Juarbe J., Domning D. P. (2014) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region: X. Priscosiren atlantica, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4, 951-964 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.815192
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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