Where: Horry County, South Carolina (33.8° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waccamaw Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Unit 3 of the Waccamaw Fm; 0.3 ft thick; overlying the lowermost unit of the Waccamaw Fm (unit 2) and underlying the uppermost unit of the formation (unit 4), both sandstones. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal, sandy reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Unknown repository.
Primary reference: J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60921: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata
"Ostrea sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster |