Also known as South Carolina Loc. 13
Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.6° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pamlico Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Pleistocene fossils overlying phosphate rock. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon, Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66757: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Angaria crassa Holmes 1859 snail | |
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
"Crypta aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crypta aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
"Murex pomum" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum
"Murex pomum" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum Gmelin 1791 murex snail | |
Prunum roscidum Redfield 1860 margin shell | |
"Columbella lunata" = Astyris lunata
"Columbella lunata" = Astyris lunata Say 1826 snail | |
"Vitrinella multicarinata" = Episcynia inornata
"Vitrinella multicarinata" = Episcynia inornata d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Nucula acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
"Phacoides crenella" = Parvilucina crenella
"Phacoides crenella" = Parvilucina crenella Dall 1901 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Chione intapurpurea" = Puberella intapurpurea
"Chione intapurpurea" = Puberella intapurpurea Conrad 1849 venus clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
"Mesodesma concentrica" = Ervilia concentrica
"Mesodesma concentrica" = Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858 clam | |
"Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata
"Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata Say 1822 tellin clam | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
"Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, "Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark |