Locality WA 20 - Unit 3 (Canepatch Fm) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Horry County, South Carolina (33.8° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Canepatch Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Unit 3; Canepatch Fm (Pleistocene age). Unknown stratigraphic possition (unit names in faunal table do not match up with those from lithologic column). Local section name: Nixonville. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy sandstone

• No environmental information reported.
• Sand, quartz, medium to coarse, subangular to subrounded, frosted, yellowish gray, macrofossils abundant, well preserved, commonly life-orented.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Unknown repository.

Primary reference: J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60929: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Not exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature.
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope emarginata Leske 1779 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla interrupta, "Odostomia seminuda" = Boonea seminuda
Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail
"Odostomia seminuda" = Boonea seminuda Adams 1839 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, "Phacoides multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Phacoides multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata, "Cardita granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata
"Cardita tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam
"Cardita granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge