Locality WA 20 - Unit 1 (Canepatch Fm): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Chlamys solarioides
Heilprin 1887
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Eucrassatella speciosa
Adams 1854
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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 pseudoplicata
Heron-Allen and Earland 1930
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Discorbis columbiensis
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Discorbis floridensis
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Hanzawaia concentrica
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides sp.
Monfort 1808
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Buliminidae
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Buliminella elegantissima
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium delicatulum
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Elphidium gunteri
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Septastrea crassa
(Holmes 1860)
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Spelt: Septastraea | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Mellitidae
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Encope emarginata
(Leske 1779)
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia "spirata"
(Philippi 1836)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sayana
Ravenel 1834
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recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | ||||||||||
Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura caudata
(Say 1822)
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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 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita arata
(Conrad 1832)
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recombined as Carditamera arata | ||||||||||
Cardita perplana
Dall 1903
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recombined as Pteromeris perplana | ||||||||||
Cardita tridentata
(Say 1826)
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recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides waccamawensis
Dall 1903
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recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis | ||||||||||
Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Chione cribrarius
(Conrad 1843)
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= Chione (Chione) cribraria
Conrad 1843
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
recombined as Chione cribraria | ||||||||||
Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Gouldia metastriata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama gardnerae
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina texana
Dall 1900
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recombined as Angulus texanus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris pectinata
(Gmelin 1791)
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recombined as Tucetona pectinata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia sp.
Gray 1857
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
Anadara ovalis
(Bruguiere 1789)
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recombined as Lunarca ovalis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sculpturata
Conrad 1840
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recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata | ||||||||||
Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Parasmittina ? trispinosa
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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see common names |
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 1; 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 excludes: | some macrofossils |
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: | 60927 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-27 21:41:58 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 21:41:58 |
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:
19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |