Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 71.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cubitostrea lisbonensis/Pteropis lapidosa zone, Santee Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• This collection is from the upper Santee Limestone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone and wackestone
Primary reference: R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5344: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin | |
Protoscutella plana Conrad 1865 sand dollar
Protoscutella conradi Cotteau 1891 sand dollar | |
Eurhodia holmesii sea urchin
Eurhodia rugosa Ravenel 1848 sea urchin | |
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926 heart urchin
Linthia harmatuki Kier 1980 heart urchin | |
Coelopleurus infulatus Morton 1833 sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina spp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Eburneopecten scintillatus, Placopecten ? spp., Chlamys spp., Chlamys membranosus, ? Chlamys deshayesii, Chlamys wahtubbeana, Spondylus lamellacea
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Placopecten ? spp. Verrill 1897 scallop
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
Chlamys membranosus scallop
? Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833 scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926 scallop | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella, Crassatella cf. texalta
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Lirodiscus sp. Conrad 1869 clam | |
Venericardia spp., "Venericardia cf. nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam
"Venericardia cf. nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta Dall 1903 clam Venericardia cf. natusa
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Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
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"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam | |
Gari eborea clam | |
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Chama richardsi jewel box | |
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Aturia alabamanensis" = Aturia alabamensis
"Aturia alabamanensis" = Aturia alabamensis Morton 1834 nautiloid | |
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Fusinus abruptus snail | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Malacostraca | |
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833 crab | |
Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801 crab |