BE-8 (Santee Limestone, South Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.4° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 71.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cubitostrea sellaeformis/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

• "The Santee Limestone possesses a diverse and abundant fauna which, in over-all association, suggests a tropical climate."
• the santee limestone is composed primarily of bryozoan biosparrudites and biomicrudites which grade laterally westward into foraminiferal biomicrites and diatomites.

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 5353: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp.
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella conradi
Protoscutella conradi Cotteau 1891 sand dollar
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp.
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp.
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Sconsia sp.
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida -
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea Lamarck 1809 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula lapidosa
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus, Chlamys spp., Chlamys membranosus, Spondylus lamellacea
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana, Cubitostrea sellaeformis
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana Harris 1919 oyster
Alectryonia cf. A. ludoviciana
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama richardsi
Chama richardsi jewel box
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele cf. linosa
Semele cf. linosa Conrad 1833 clam
Semela cf. C. linosa
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp.
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta, "Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895 clam
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatellites sp. b
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia spp.
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Menippidae
? Menippe sp.
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833 crab