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
Oliva litterata Lamarck 1811
synonym of Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca ponderosa Say 1822
recombined as Eontia ponderosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca pexata Say 1822
synonym of Lunarca ovalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Gnathodon cuneatum (Sowerby 1831)
recombined as Rangia cuneata
Mactra similis Say 1822
synonym of Hemimactra solidissima
Mactra lateralis Say 1822
recombined as Mulinia lateralis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax variabilis Say 1822
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]