Ashley Formation

Ashley Formation Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Type	Formation
Location
Region	South Carolina
Country	United States

The Ashley Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

Vertebrate fauna

• Turtles:
  • Ashleychelys palmeri^[1]
  • Carolinachelys wilsoni
  • Syllomus sp.
  • Psephophorus sp.
  • Procolpochelys sp.

• Sirenians:
  • Crenatosiren olseni^[2]
  • Halitherium sp.

• Cetaceans:
  • Agorophius pygmaeus^[3]
  • Unnamed Agorophius species^[4]
  • Micromysticetus rothauseni^[5]
  • Saurocetus gibbesi^[6]
  • Xenorophus sloanii^[7]
  • "Ashleycetus planicapitis"

• Crocodiles:
  • Gavialosuchus

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
• Paleontology in South Carolina

References

1. R. E. Weems and A. E. Sanders. 2014. Oligocene Pancheloniid Sea Turtles from the Vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):80-99
2. D. P. Domning. 1997. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. VI. Crenatosiren olseni (Reinhart, 1976). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2):397-412
3. M. Tuomey. 1848. Report on the Geology of South Carolina 1-293
4. S. Godfrey and M. D. Uhen. 2014. A new species of Agorophius from the early Oligocene Ashley Formation of South Carolina.
5. A. E. Sanders and L. G. Barnes. 2002. Paleontology of the Late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 2: Micromysticetus rothauseni, a primitive cetotheriid mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:271-293.
6. L. Agassiz. 1848. [on the species Saurocetus gibbesii]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:4-5
7. R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Colelctions 76(7):1-7

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 22 June 2014.