Sohl and Koch OFR # 369: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
2 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) argillensis
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Campt.) argillenis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
10 specimens
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
31 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
14 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
1 specimen
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Georgetown
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 79.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 56.9° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Late/Upper Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Nannofossil zone: CC25-CC26
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Peedee Member:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Self-Trail (2002) reports that the Peedee Fm in South Carolina spans zones CC25a-CC26b. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:Smith Mill-4; USGS # 32336
Database number:4358
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 11:56:05
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

281. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]