Loc. 307 - Laurel Hill [Pamlico Fm]: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
collected by Tuomey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva litterata
Lamarck 1811
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synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arca ponderosa
Say 1822
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recombined as Eontia ponderosa | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca pexata
Say 1822
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synonym of Lunarca ovalis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Gnathodon cuneatum
(Sowerby 1831)
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recombined as Rangia cuneata | |||||||
Mactra similis
Say 1822
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synonym of Hemimactra solidissima | |||||||
Mactra lateralis
Say 1822
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recombined as Mulinia lateralis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax variabilis
Say 1822
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recombined as Serrula variabilis | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Georgetown |
Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 79.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 79.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pamlico | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation, for which regionally overlies the Penholoway and Wicowico Fms. AGE: Late Pleistocene; possibly from the Talbot Fm. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From a section of 30 m in thickness; from bed of 8 m thickness near base of the bed. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Yellow sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collectors: | Tuomey |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Tuomey (c. 1800's). REPOSITORIES: Unknown. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 92406 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-11-10 12:08:48 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-10 12:08:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31145. | C. W. Cooke. 1936. Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 837 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |