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

See also

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
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