Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry: Lutetian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Martinetta palmeri Blow and Manning 1997
Blow and Manning 1997
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) spillmani
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella ghigna
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis penita
Campbell 1995
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Santeevoluta wilmingtonensis Brown and Pilsbry 1912
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840
Campbell 1995
"Clavilithes" abruptus
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Naticidae
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea sp. Modeer 1793
Campbell 1995
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella (Altrix) altior
Campbell 1995
original and current combination Altrix
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha ("Alectryonia") ludoviciana (Harris 1919)
Campbell 1995
Cubitostrea sellaeformis (Conrad 1832)
Cubitostrea lisbonensis (Harris 1919)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa sp. Stenzel 1971
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten calvatus (Morton 1833)
Chlamys wahtubbeanus
Chlamys membranosa
Campbell 1995
Chlamys burlesonensis
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya harrisi
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Meiocardia carolinae Harris 1919
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama monroensis Aldrich 1903
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele linosa (Conrad 1833)
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895
Campbell 1995
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
Campbell 1995
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) complexicosta
Campbell 1995
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833
Campbell 1995
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Thecidellina indet.
Cooper 1988
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Probolarina transversa n. sp. Cooper 1988
Cooper 1988
(4 measurements)
Probolarina holmesi (Dall 1903)
Cooper 1988
Probolarina holmesi santeensis (5 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina lachryma (Morton 1833)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae
Lunularia distans
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella sp. Hincks 1877
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Uhen 2013
Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908
Albright 1996 3 specimens
    = Georgiacetus cf. vogtlensis Hulbert et al. 1998
Hulbert et al. 1998
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo hilgendorfi (Jaekel 1904)
Knight et al. 2007 8 specimens
BCGM 6894-6897, 7026; SC 2006.16.1-2006.16.3
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella conradi (Cotteau 1891)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiformis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Berkeley
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santee Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: from the Cubitostrea sellaeformis zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: bryozoan dominated carbonate
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.250
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cross Quarry, Martin Marietta Aggregates Quarry
Database number:32901
Authorizer:M. Uhen, A. Hendy, M. Carrano, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano, A. Hendy, M. Clapham, M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2003-07-17 18:47:16 Last modified:2022-07-08 22:00:52
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-17 18:47:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10422. R. S. Banks. 1978. Stratigraphy of the Eocene Santee Limestone in three quarries of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Geologic Notes 21(3):85-149 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

8813 L. B. Albright. 1996. A protocetid cetacean from the Eocene of South Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):519-523 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
71195 L. B. Albright, A. E. Sanders, R. E. Weems, D. J. Cicimurri, and J. L. Knight. 2019. Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57(2):77-236 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
82113 W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1997. A new genus, Martinetta, and two new species of xanthoid crabs from the middle Eocene Santee Limestone of South Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 30:171-180 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]
14078 D. Campbell. 1995. New molluscan faunas from the Eocene of South Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 27:119-152 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
49378 G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]
25329 J. H. Geisler. 2007. A protosirenid (Protosirenidae, Sirenia) innominate from the Cross Member of the Tupelo Bay Formation (Bartonian, late middle Eocene) of South Carolina. 27(3):80A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14111 J. H. Geisler, A. E. Sanders, and Z. Luo. 2005. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480:1-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
26609ETE J. L. Knight, D. J. Cicimurri, and R. W. Purdy. 2007. New Western Hemisphere occurrences of Schizorhiza Weiler, 1930 and Eotorpedo White, 1934 (Chondrichthyes, Batomorphii). Paludicola 6(3):87-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42488 M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]