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Ashley, South Carolina, USA

FormationAshley
Member(s)Givhans Ferry
Runnymede Marl
Age:33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
IntervalRupelian
Lithologysandstone, "limestone", marl
Number of Collections10
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Trolley RoadDorchester County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Greenhurst SubdivisionDorchester County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Limehouse BranchBerkeley County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Mill CreekBerkeley County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Covington EstatesCharleston County, South Carolina, USAAshley
PQ-ARMP09 Charleston County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Wando River + Highway 41 bridgeBerkeley County, South Carolina, USAAshley
Wando RiverBerkeley County, South Carolina, USAAshley - Givhans Ferry
Givhans Ferry State ParkColleton County, South Carolina, USAAshley - Givhans Ferry
Shadowmoss Golf Course Back 9Charleston County, South Carolina, USAAshley

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Ashley - Givhans Ferry33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
5
Ashley - Runnymede Marl33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
marl1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aglyptorhynchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Palaeorhynchidae : Aglyptorhynchus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Pelagornis sandersi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelagornithidae : Pelagornis : Pelagornis sandersi33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Phocidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Zeuglodon pygmaeus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Agorophiidae : Agorophius : Zeuglodon pygmaeus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Ashleycetus planicapitis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ashleycetidae : Ashleycetus : Ashleycetus planicapitis33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Coronodon havensteini
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Coronodon : Coronodon havensteini33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Ediscetus osbornei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ediscetus : Ediscetus osbornei33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Albertocetus meffordorum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Xenorophidae : Albertocetus : Albertocetus meffordorum33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Inermorostrum xenops
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Xenorophidae : Inermorostrum : Inermorostrum xenops33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Xenorophus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Remingtonocetidae : Xenorophus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Halitherium olseni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Halitherium : Halitherium olseni33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Stegosiren macei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Stegosiren : Stegosiren macei33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Ashleychelys palmeri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : Ashleychelys : Ashleychelys palmeri33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

References

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
Koretsky I. A., Sanders A. E. (2002) Paleontology of the late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 1: Paleogene Pinniped Remains; The Oldest known seal (Carnivora: Phocidae), Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93, 179-183
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
Sanders A. E., Geisler J. H. (2015) A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e890107 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.890107
Godfrey S., Uhen M. D., et al (2016) A new specimen of Agorophius pygmaeus (Agorophiidae, Odontoceti, Cetacea) from the early Oligocene Ashley Formation of South Carolina, USA, Journal of Paleontology 90 1, 154-169 doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.4
Geisler J. H., Boessenecker R. W., et al (2017) The Origin of Filter Feeding in Whales, Current Biology 27, 1-7 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.003
Boessenecker R. W., Fraser D., et al (2017) A toothless dwarf dolphin (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) points to explosive feeding diversification of modern whales (Neoceti), Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284, 20170531 doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0531
Boessenecker R. W., Ahmed E., et al (2017) New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes, PLoS One 12 11, e0186476 doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0186476
Albright L. B., Sanders A. E., et al (2018) An unexpectedly derived odontocete from the Ashley Formation (upper Rupelian) of South Carolina, U.S.A., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 4, e1482555 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1482555
Domning D. P., Beatty B. L. (2019) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XII. Stegosiren macei, gen. et sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1650369
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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