USGS Clubhouse Crossroads corehole 1, sample DC-1 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 74.9° W)

When: Cooper Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous sandstone

• Sand, light gray, calcareous.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• Slides of the Clubhouse Crossroads Core material are on file at the US Geological Survey, Reston VA

Primary reference: N. O. Frederiksen and R. A. Christopher. 1978. Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Triatriate Pollen from South Carolina. Palynology 2:113-145 [P. Jardine/P. Jardine]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228594: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Phillip Jardine on 16.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya "larger than 28 µm", Momipites annulatus n. sp.
Carya "larger than 28 µm" Nuttall 1818 hickory
Momipites annulatus n. sp. Frederiksen and Christopher 1978