catticus

By Fin Lover

• January 13

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Carcharoides
Species: C. catticus
Author Citation Phillipi, 1846

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
International Age: Chattian

Stratigraphy

Chandler Bridge Formation

Provenance

Collector: Erin Osborne
Date Collected: 12/17/2022
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Width: 13.01 mm
Height: 17.21 mm
Thickness: 3.18 mm

Location

Sawmill Branch
Dorchester County
South Carolina
United States

• oligocene
• catticus
• summerville
• south carolina
• carcharoides
• chandler bride formation
• tfffl01
• shark
• tooth

Comments

Sawmill Branch contains fossils from more than one formation and epoch, but everything I find online says C. catticus in Summerville come from the Chandler Bridge Formation (upper Oligocene).  

ID references:

1. Gale, B. (2020). A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils. The University of Georgia Press.

2. Rabi, M., & Botfalvai, G. (2008). A preliminary report on the Late Oligocene vertebrate fauna from Mariahalom, Hungary. Hantkeniana, 6, 177-185.

3. Godfrey et al. (2018). The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.

4. Maisch IV, H., Becker, M., & Chamberlain Jr, J. (2015). Chondrichthyans from a lag deposit between the Shark River Formation (Middle Eocene) and Kirkwood Formation (Early Miocene), Monmouth County, New Jersey. Paludicola, 10, 149-183.

ID and Chandler Bridge Formation reference:

1. Bourdon, J. (2004-2008). Genera from the Fossil Record: Carcharoides. Elasmo. http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=heim/leecreek/lc-c_catticus.html&menu=bin/menu_topics-alt.html