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)
• "Lisbon horizon"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
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 92308: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.11.2009
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) cainei2, Pachecoa (? Pachecoa) ledoides, "Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa" = Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa, ""Trinacria" decisa" = Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa, Pachecoa (Stenzelia) ellipsis
"Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa" = Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa Conrad 1833 clam Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa abbreviata
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Glyptoactis (Claibonicardia) alticostata2 Conrad 1833 clam Glyptoactis (Claibonicardia) alticostata var.
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Tellina tallicheti tellin clam | |
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Yoldia (Calorhadia) compsa2, Yoldia (Calorhadia) semen, Yoldia (Calorhadia) bella2, Nuculana trumani2
Yoldia (Calorhadia) semen Lea 1883 pointed nut clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
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Mnestia dekayi snail | |
Gegania antiquata snail | |
Balcis "spp. A" Leach 1847 snail | |
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina
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Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail | |
Natica "spp. A", Euspira aldrichi, Euspira marylandica, Neverita "spp. B", Sinum arctatum, Sinum declive, Sinum beatricae
Natica "spp. A" Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Euspira aldrichi moon snail
Neverita "spp. B" Risso 1826 moon snail
Sinum arctatum moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum beatricae moon snail | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
Sulcocypraea kennedyi Harris 1895 snail | |
"Mitra (Fusimitra) perexilis" = Fusimitra
"Mitra (Fusimitra) perexilis" = Fusimitra mitre shell | |
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Laevibuccinum prorsum true whelk | |
Levifusus mortonii snail | |
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Lirofusus thoracicus snail | |
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Sveltia alveata snail | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
"Hastula" venusta Lea 1833 auger snail | |
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
Murotriton mcglameriae murex snail | |
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell |