Where: Dillon County, South Carolina (34.4° N, 79.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 34.5° N, 79.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown stratigraphic unit. AGE: Appears to be Pleistocene age fauna. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown stratigraphic unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca, NY. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80083: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 Chinese hat snail
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper limpet | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
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Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail | |
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae, Oliva (Oliva) carolinae
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae Gardner 1948 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) carolinae olive snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Astarte undulata" = Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata, Astarte concentrica
"Astarte undulata" = Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata Say 1824 clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Radiolucina aminata clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, Gemma magna, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, "Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
"Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam | |
Pseudochama corticosa jewel box | |
Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam
Hemimactra sp. Swainson 1840 clam | |
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella), Macoma sp.
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra | |
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 bittersweet clam
Tucetona arata Conrad 1841 clam | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 eastern oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 horsemussel | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle |