GE-1 (Santee Limestone, South Carolina): Bartonian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella conradi (Cotteau 1891)
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia holmesii
Eurhodia rugosa (Ravenel 1848)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia wilmingtonica Cooke 1942
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926
Linthia harmatuki Kier 1980
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae
Unifascia carolinensis (Clark and Twitchell 1915)
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Democrinus sp. Perrier 1883
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia alabamanensis (Morton 1834)
recombined as Aturia alabamensis
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus cf. vitus
Tenagodus cf. T. vitus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis sp. Conrad 1866
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula spheniopsis (Conrad 1865)
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp. Mörch 1853
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chama sp. a
Chama richardsi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari eborea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina papyria Conrad 1833
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
Crassatellites sp. Krueger 1823
synonym of Crassatella
Crassatellites sp. b
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia spp.
Venericardia cf. natusa
Venericardia cf. V. natusa
    = Venericardia cf. nasuta Dall 1903
Palmer and Brann 1965
recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus sp. Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
Chlamys spp.
Chlamys membranosus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Bivalvia - Arcida
Arcacea indet. Lamarck 1809
corrected as Arcoidea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. cuculloides (Conrad 1833)
Barbatia cf. B. cuculloides
Barbatia rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Probolarina salpinx (Dall 1903)
Probolarina holmesii (Dall 1903)
recombined as Probolarina holmesi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845
recombined as Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina spp.
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
? Zanthopsis sp. M'Coy 1849
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
? Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Georgetown
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 79.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.3° North, 70.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Claibornian
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Cubitostrea sellaeformis/Pteropis lapidosa
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santee Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: This collection is from the upper part of the Santee LS.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: the santee limestone is composed primarily of bryozoan biosparrudites and biomicrudites which grade laterally westward into foraminiferal biomicrites and diatomites.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "The Santee Limestone possesses a diverse and abundant fauna which, in over-all association, suggests a tropical climate."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5354
Authorizer:A. Miller, A. Hendy Enterer:K. Layou, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Miller Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-27 10:57:36 Last modified:2007-01-28 15:26:45
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-27 10:57:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
318. R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]

Secondary references:

11845 K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]