Also known as Sta. 3991; Loc. 216
Where: Colleton County, South Carolina (33.1° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Raysor Marl Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Raysor Marl, which presumably regionally unconformably overlies the Miocene Hawthorn Fm, and is overlain by the Duplin Marl. AGE: Late Pliocene; Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 2 (3.5 ft thick) of the Raysor Bridge section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Cooke in 1922
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: C.W. Cooke, 1922. 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 92412: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus vaughani Gane 1895 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Fissuridea cattilliformis" = Diodora
"Fissuridea cattilliformis" = Diodora snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis Conrad 1830 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea disparilis oyster | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, "Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata, "Phacoides cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius, "Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae, Phacoides contractus
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam
"Phacoides cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius Say 1824 clam
"Phacoides radians" = Callucina keenae Chavan 1971 clam
Phacoides contractus clam | |
Teredo calamus clam | |
"Corbula cf. chipolana" = Varicorbula chipolana, Corbula inaequalis
"Corbula cf. chipolana" = Varicorbula chipolana Gardner 1928 clam
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Aligena aequata Conrad 1843 aligena | |
"Isocardia fraterna" = Glossus fraterna
"Isocardia fraterna" = Glossus fraterna Say 1824 clam | |
Chama corticosa, "Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella
Chama corticosa jewel box
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box | |
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam SUBSPECIES: Chione latilirata athleta
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Diplodonta yorkensis clam
Diplodonta nucleiformis Wagner 1840 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata, "Tellina (Angulus) declivis" = Moerella declivis
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata Say 1824 tellin clam
"Tellina (Angulus) declivis" = Moerella declivis Conrad 1834 tellin clam | |
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam | |
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam | |
Astarte floridana Dall 1903 clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata, "Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Crassatellites gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa
"Crassatellites gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa Adams 1854 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Leda trochila" = Nuculana
"Leda trochila" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia tarphaeia clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus thallus Conrad 1834 tusk shell | |
Crassatellites undulatus | |
"Crassatellites undulatus" = Kalolophus antillarum
"Crassatellites undulatus" = Kalolophus antillarum Reeve 1842 |