Also known as Loc. 234
Where: Horry County, South Carolina (33.6° N, 79.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waccamaw Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waccamaw Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Bed 1 in the Pee Dee River at Yahunnah Ferry section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow, blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Tuomey
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Tuomey (c. 1800's). REPOSITORIES: Unknown.
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1936. Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 837 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92408: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Venericardia tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata, "Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata, "Cardita (Carditamera) sp." = Carditamera, "Venericardia perplana" = Pteromeris perplana
"Venericardia tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
"Cardita (Carditamera) sp." = Carditamera Conrad 1838 clam
"Venericardia perplana" = Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam SUBSPECIES: Venericardia perplana abbreviata
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Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Donax cf. fossor Say 1822 clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Rangia clathrodonta clam | |
"Venus rileyi" = Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi, "Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata, "Chione grus" = Timoclea grus, Chione cribraria, Gemma magna, Gouldia metastriata
"Venus rileyi" = Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi Conrad 1838 quahog
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Chione latilirata athleta
"Chione grus" = Timoclea grus Holmes 1858 venus clam
Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
Gouldia metastriata venus clam | |
"Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae, "Phacoides waccamawensis" = Bellucina waccamawensis
"Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae Chavan 1971 clam
"Phacoides waccamawensis" = Bellucina waccamawensis Dall 1903 clam | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Pecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus
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Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Arca lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Arca aff. transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Arca lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Arca aff. transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
"Arca adamsi" = Arcopsis adamsi
"Arca adamsi" = Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Glycymeris aff. duplinensis, "Glycymeris americanus" = Glycymeris americana, "Glycymeris pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata
"Glycymeris americanus" = Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam
"Glycymeris pennacea" = Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium aff. disparile" = Paradentalium disparile
"Dentalium aff. disparile" = Paradentalium disparile d'Orbigny 1847 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Physa aff. meigsii snail | |
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail | |
"Fissuridea aff. alternata" = Diodora cayenensis
"Fissuridea aff. alternata" = Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
"Olivella nitidula" = Olivella minuta Link 1807 olive snail
"Oliva litterata" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
"Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus, Marginella sp.
"Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus Stearns 1872 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Mitra wandoensis" = Vexillum wandoense
"Mitra wandoensis" = Vexillum wandoense Holmes 1859 ribbed mitre | |
Ilyanassa irrorata Conrad 1863 snail | |
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail SUBSPECIES: Terebra dislocata indentata
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Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle SUBSPECIES: Littorina irrorata carolinensis
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Caecum ibex snail
Caecum cooperi Smith 1860 snail | |
Triforis sp. Deshayes 1834 snail | |
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell |