Locality WA 20 - Unit 4 (Canepatch Fm): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Gumbelina sp.
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Rotaliidae
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Ammonia beccarii
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Bolivinidae
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Bolivina lowmani
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Bolivina sp.
d'Orbigny 1839
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Spirillinidae
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Spirillina decorata
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Discorbis cf. columbiensis
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Discorbis consobrina
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Discorbis floridensis
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Hanzawaia concentrica
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Planulina exorna
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Cibicides sp.
Monfort 1808
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Nonionella atlantica
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Nonion sp.
Monfort 1808
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Buliminidae
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Angulogerina occidentalis
(Cushman 1923)
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Buliminella elegantissima
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium delicatulum
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Elphidium fimbriatulum
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Elphidium incertum
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Elphidium cf. discoidale
d'Orbigny 1839
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Globigerinidae
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Globigerina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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6.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila adamsi
(Lea 1845)
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6.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Seila adamsii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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25 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Anachis avara
(Say 1822)
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| Colombella avara | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: A. avara translirata | ||||||||||
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Mitrella lunata
(Say 1826)
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6.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Astyris lunata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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1.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita granulata
(Say 1824)
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3.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Cyclocardia granulata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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Mysella velaini
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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8.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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0.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervillia concentrica
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33.5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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= Ervilia concentrica
Holmes 1858
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| MISSPELLING: Ervillia = Ervilia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina texana
Dall 1900
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| recombined as Angulus texanus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax variabilis
Say 1822
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Serrula variabilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella denticulata
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Horry |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 78.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 78.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Canepatch | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Unit 4; Canepatch Fm (Pleistocene age). Unknown stratigraphic possition (unit names in faunal table do not match up with those from lithologic column). Local section name: Nixonville. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sand, quartz, medium to coarse, subangular to subrounded, frosted, yellowish gray, macrofossils abundant, well preserved, commonly life-orented. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: No environmental information reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Unknown repository. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Not exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60923 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-27 20:22:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 20:22:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17556. | J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 19419 | G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |