USGS Clubhouse Crossroads corehole 1, sample DC-249 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 71.4° W)

When: Santee Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone

• Limestone, very light gray, chalky.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• Slides of the Clubhouse Crossroads Core material are on file at the US Geological Survey, Reston VA

Primary reference: N. O. Frederiksen and R. A. Christopher. 1978. Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Triatriate Pollen from South Carolina. Palynology 2:113-145 [P. Jardine/P. Jardine]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228974: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Phillip Jardine on 25.01.2023

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites coryloides Wodehouse 1933