Where: Orangeburg County, South Carolina (33.5° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 71.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: McBean Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Harris Collection
•
•
•
•
•
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92355: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 08.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Solariorbis depressus snail | |
| |
Neverita "spp. B" Risso 1826 moon snail
Natica "spp. A" Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Sinum arctatum moon snail
Sinum beatricae moon snail | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Levifusus mortonii snail | |
Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis, Mitrella (Clinurella) casteri, "Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis" = Columbellopsis
"Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis" = Columbellopsis snail | |
| |
Lirofusus thoracicus snail | |
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
Penion bellus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Laevibuccinum prorsum true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
"Mitra (Fusimitra) perexilis" = Fusimitra
"Mitra (Fusimitra) perexilis" = Fusimitra mitre shell | |
Sveltella parva, Trigonostoma pulcherrimum, Trigonostoma panones, Trigonostoma babylonicum, Sveltia alveata
| |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) colei Palmer 1937 murex snail
Murotriton mcglameriae murex snail | |
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
| |
Microdrillia citrona snail | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Eopleurotoma orangeburgensis turrid | |
Balcis "spp. A" Leach 1847 snail | |
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell Including Turritella rina sabrina & Turritella rina carolina
| |
Acteon pomilius snail | |
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata B
| |
"Pyramidella (Syrnola) propeacicula" = Syrnola
"Pyramidella (Syrnola) propeacicula" = Syrnola snail | |
Gegania antiquata snail | |
Mnestia dekayi snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Glyptoactis (Claibonicardia) alticostata2 Conrad 1833 clam Glyptoactis (Claibonicardia) alticostata var.
| |
| |
? Mercimonia mercenaroidea venus clam | |
| |
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) cainei2, Pachecoa (? Pachecoa) ledoides, ""Trinacria" decisa" = Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa
| |
Nucula (? Pectinucla) ripae Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Yoldia (Calorhadia) semen Lea 1883 pointed nut clam |