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Black Mingo - Williamsburg, South Carolina, USA

Group	Black Mingo
Formation	Williamsburg
Age:	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Interval	Clarkforkian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	38

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
St. Stephen	Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA	Black Mingo - Williamsburg
Clapp Creek	Williamsburg County, South Carolina, USA	Black Mingo - Williamsburg
Black Mingo	Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA	Black Mingo - Williamsburg

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Donoho Creek	83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	claystone	8

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Vertebrata subphylum	2.3	Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata	58.7 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Ischyodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Chimaeriformes : Callorhynchidae : *Ischyodus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Cretolamna appendiculata species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Cretolamna : *Cretolamna appendiculata*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Carcharodon orientalis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : *Carcharodon orientalis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Carcharias sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : *Carcharias*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Otodus obliquus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : *Otodus obliquus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Myliobatis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : *Myliobatis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Rhinoptera sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : *Rhinoptera*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Triakis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Galeidae : *Triakis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Palaeohypotodus rutoti species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Palaeohypotodus : *Palaeohypotodus rutoti*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Nebrius sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Ginglymostomatidae : *Nebrius*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Pristis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : *Pristis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Scyliorhinus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Selachii : Scyllidae : *Scyliorhinus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Tribosphenida subclass	3.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tribosphenida	66 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Mingotherium holtae species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Pseudictopidae : Mingotherium : *Mingotherium holtae*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Ectoganus gliriformis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Ectoganus : *Ectoganus gliriformis*	66 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Ectoganus lobdelli species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Ectoganus : *Ectoganus lobdelli*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Bottosaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : *Bottosaurus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Thoracosaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : *Thoracosaurus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Eusuchia suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Pristichampsus : Eusuchia	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Hyposaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Dyrosauridae : *Hyposaurus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Palaeophis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Palaeophiidae : *Palaeophis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Chelonioidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelonioidea	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Pelomedusoides superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pelomedusoides	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Adocus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : *Adocus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Bothremys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : *Bothremys*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Taphrosphyini tribe	5.5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Eusarkia : Taphrosphyini	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Cheloniidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Agomphus alabamensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Dermatemydidae : Agomphus : *Agomphus alabamensis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Agomphus pectoralis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternoidea : Agomphus : *Agomphus pectoralis*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Kinosternoidea family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternoidea	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Osteopygis emarginatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Macrobaenidae : Osteopygis : *Osteopygis emarginatus*	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Pantrionychidae unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pantrionychidae	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene
Toxochelyinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae : Toxochelyinae	56.8 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene

References

Schoch R. M. (1985) Preliminary description of a new late Paleocene land-mammal fauna from South Carolina, U.S.A., Postilla 196, 1-13

Sawyer G. T. (1998) Coprolites of the Black Mingo Group (Paleocene) of the South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88 4, 221-228

Erickson B. R. (1998) A palaeophid snake from the Late Paleocene of South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 88 4, 215-220

Schoch R. M. (1998) Late Paleocene land-mammals from the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group) of South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88 4, 229-245

Purdy R. W. (1998) Chondrichthyan fishes from the Paleocene of South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88 4, 122-146

Hutchison J. H., Weems R. E. (1998) Paleocene turtle remains from South Carolina, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88 4, 165-195

Erickson B. R. (1998) Crocodilians of the Black Mingo Group (Paleocene) of the South Carolina Coastal Plain, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 88 4, 196-214

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Gaffney E. S., Tong H., et al (2006) Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300, 1-318

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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