Giant Portland Cement Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 72.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NP 18 nannofossil zone, Pregnall Member (Tupelo Bay Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, phosphatic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. H. Geisler, A. E. Sanders, and Z. Luo. 2005. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480:1-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32908: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy and Marko Manojlovic

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schucherti1 Lucas 1898 snake
ChM PV5765, PV5768
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Dermochelyidae indet.1 Lydekker 1889 leatherback
ChM PV7808
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet.5 Cope 1867 whale
Basilosauridae indet.6 Cope 1867 whale
Basilosaurus sp. Harlan 1834 whale
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.4 sirenian
ChM PV7639
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
aff. Protosiren sp.1 Abel 1904 sirenian
SC2015.65.1
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Eotheroides sp.1 Palmer 1899 dugong
n. sp. USNM 537206, SC2006.30.1–15
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris staminea2 Conrad 1833 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte trigonalis2 Conrad 1854 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten2, Batequeus ducenticostatus2
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten2 Fischer 1886 scallop
Batequeus ducenticostatus2 Campbell 1995 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Eophysema sp.2 Stewart 1930 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista alta2 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella alta" = Crassatella uvasana2
"Crassatella alta" = Crassatella uvasana2 Conrad 1855 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp.2 Bronn 1838
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola2
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola2 Conrad 1865 turret shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scalina sp.2 Conrad 1865 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
cf. Sconsia sp.2 Gray 1847 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca laevis n. sp.3 Cooper 1988
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Isocrania sp.3 Jaekel 1902