Sta. 5295 - Raysor Bridge [Raysor Marl] (Pliocene of the United States)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl consisting of shells in a dark-blue soft matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of age and facies description.

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

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by W.C. Mansfield; not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus vaughani Gane 1895 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissuridea cattilliformis" = Diodora
"Fissuridea cattilliformis" = Diodora snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis Conrad 1830 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
"Arca (Scapharca) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"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
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula cf. chipolana" = Varicorbula chipolana, Corbula inaequalis
"Corbula cf. chipolana" = Varicorbula chipolana Gardner 1928 clam
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena aequata Conrad 1843 aligena
 Cardiida - Glossidae
"Isocardia fraterna" = Glossus fraterna
"Isocardia fraterna" = Glossus fraterna Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama corticosa, "Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella
Chama corticosa jewel box
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
SUBSPECIES: Chione latilirata athleta
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata, "Tellina (Angulus) declivis" = Moerella declivis
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata Say 1824 tellin clam
"Tellina (Angulus) declivis" = Moerella declivis Conrad 1834 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte floridana Dall 1903 clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata, "Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa
"Crassatellites gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa Adams 1854 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda trochila" = Nuculana
"Leda trochila" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus thallus Conrad 1834 tusk shell
Crassatellites undulatus
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"Crassatellites undulatus" = Kalolophus antillarum
"Crassatellites undulatus" = Kalolophus antillarum Reeve 1842