Wadmalaw Sound, sandy beds: Pleistocene, South Carolina
collected by F.S. Holmes
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Mellitidae
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Leodia sexiesperforata
(Clark 1914)
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Cooke 1942 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Angaria crassa
Holmes 1859
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon canaliculatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus | ||||||||||
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Busycon perversum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina irrorata
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Littoraria irrorata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla speira
(Ravenel 1859)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita tridentata
(Say 1826)
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| recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama arcinella
Linnaeus 1767
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| recombined as Arcinella arcinella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia ephippium
Linnaeus 1758
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus eburneus
Gould 1841
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Menippidae
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Menippe mercenaria
(Say 1818)
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Rathbun 1935 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudocarcinus mercenaria | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappa flammea
(Herbst 1794)
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Rathbun 1935 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Callinectes sapidus
Rathbun 1896
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Rathbun 1935 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Leucosiidae
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Persephona punctata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Rathbun 1935 | |||||||||
| recombined as Persephona punctatus | ||||||||||
| = Guia punctata (F.S. Holmes) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Colleton |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 80.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 80.0° West |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "sandy beds" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | F.S. Holmes |
| Taxonomic list comments:Collection: Museum, College of Charleston, S.C. (C. flammea, G. punctata, C. sapidus, M. mercenaria); | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 150656 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | S. Yost, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2013-09-12 11:59:05 | Last modified: | 2019-08-13 12:52:09 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-09-12 11:59:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64712. | F. S. Holmes. 1860. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina. 1-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 32917 | C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 45555 | decapod,fossil record | M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost] |