McK Loc. 03 - Griffins Landing [Griffins Landing Mbr, Dry Branch Fm]: Late/Upper Eocene, Georgia
collected by Howell & Willoughby 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Kathpalmeria georgiana
Ross 1965
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Hesperibalanus huddlestuni
Zullo and Kite 1985
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Thecostraca
- Pollicipomorpha
- Zeugmatolepadidae
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Aporolepas howei
Cheetham 1963
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Burke |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 81.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 73.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dry Branch | Member: | Griffins Landing | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Griffins Landing Mbr of the Dry Branch Fm, which locally overlies the Huber Fm (Paleocene-middle Eocene) and is overlain by the Tobaco Road Sand (late Eocene). AGE: Late Eocene (Jacksonian) and considered correlative with the Moodys Branch Fm and Cocoa Sand. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 5. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Sandy biomicrudite/claystone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Subtidal to inner shelf environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Howell & Willoughby | Collection dates: | 1981 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: P. Howell & R.H. Willoughby, 1981. REPOSITORY: University of South Carolina, McKissick Museum | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species resolution identifications. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 160398 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-19 23:45:28 | Last modified: | 2014-08-19 23:45:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-19 23:45:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52308. | V. A. Zullo and L. E. Kite. 1985. Barnacles of the Jacksonian (Upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina Geology 28(1):1-21 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |