USGS Clubhouse Crossroads corehole 1, sample DC-792 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 61.5° W)

When: Beaufort Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty, calcareous claystone

• Clay, slight gray, silty, calcareous.

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 228983: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Phillip Jardine on 26.01.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites "tenuipolus Group", Momipites strictus, Momipites coryloides, Momipites dilatus
Momipites strictus Frederiksen and Christopher 1978
Momipites coryloides Wodehouse 1933
Momipites dilatus Stover et al. 1966