Sohl and Koch OFR # 374: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
5 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Laternula sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
3 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
1 specimen
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cf. berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora cf. C. berryi (Gardner) - originally entered as "Cymbophora cf. berryi"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
2 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
27 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
4 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
29 specimens
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
157 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
7 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
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:gray silty sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,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:Pine bluff-3; USGS # 32343
Database number:4362
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 11:57:16
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]