ammonites
Giant Portland Cement Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 72.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NP 18 nannofossil zone, Pregnall Member (Tupelo Bay Formation), Priabonian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, phosphatic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. H. Geisler, A. E. Sanders, and Z. Luo. 2005. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480:1-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32908: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy