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The Ashley Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. ==Vertebrate fauna== * Turtles: * * ''Ashleychelys palmeri''〔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〕 * * Carolinachelys wilsoni * * Syllomus sp. * * Psephophorus sp. * * Procolpochelys sp. * Sirenians: * * ''Crenatosiren olseni''〔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〕 * * Halitherium sp. * Cetaceans: * * ''Agorophius pygmaeus''〔M. Tuomey. 1848. Report on the Geology of South Carolina 1-293〕 * * Unnamed ''Agorophius'' species〔S. Godfrey and M. D. Uhen. 2014. A new species of Agorophius from the early Oligocene Ashley Formation of South Carolina.〕 * * ''Micromysticetus rothauseni''〔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.〕 * * ''Saurocetus gibbesi''〔L. Agassiz. 1848. (the species Saurocetus gibbesii ). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:4-5〕 * * ''Xenorophus sloanii''〔R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of an apparently new toothed cetacean from South Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Colelctions 76(7):1-7〕 * * "Ashleycetus planicapitis" * Crocodiles: * * Gavialosuchus 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashley Formation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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