Sta. 5580 - Pooser's Hill [McBean Fm] (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Sta. 2012

Where: Orangeburg County, South Carolina (33.6° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 71.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McBean Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the McBean Fm, which regionally unconformably overlies the Black Mingo Fm (Paleocene) and is regionally unconformably Santee Limestone (Eocene); the formation is laterally equialent to the Nanjemoy Fm and the Claiborne Gp. AGE: Bartonian, on the basis of recent biostratigraphic dating. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From red sand above the porous sandstone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, red sandstone and red claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Red sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Burns, Vaughn

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Burns, ?; T.W. Vaughn, 1907. 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 92489: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia obruta turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella nasuta turret shell
Turritella dutexata Harris 1895 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Ancillaria scamba" = Ancilla
"Ancillaria scamba" = Ancilla olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Phos sagenus true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira bella Harris 1937 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia sp. Gray 1838 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia sp. Bellardi 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
"Peratotoma insignifica" = Philbertia, "Amblyacrum tabulatum" = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum), "Amblyacrum stantoni" = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum), "Amblyacrum sp." = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum)
"Peratotoma insignifica" = Philbertia snail
"Amblyacrum tabulatum" = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum) snail
"Amblyacrum stantoni" = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum) snail
"Amblyacrum sp." = Raphitoma (Amblyacrum) Cossmann 1889 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra texagyra auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma nodocarinata" = Turris, "Pleurotoma nupera" = Turris, "Pleurotoma lesueuri" = Turris, "Pleurotoma moorei" = Turris, "Pleurotoma childreni" = Coronia childreni
"Pleurotoma nodocarinata" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma nupera" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma lesueuri" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma moorei" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma childreni" = Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis petrosus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis petrosus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficus (Fusoficula) aff. texana" = Ficus
"Ficus (Fusoficula) aff. texana" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
"Cypraea kennedyi" = Sulcocypraea kennedyi
"Cypraea kennedyi" = Sulcocypraea kennedyi Harris 1895 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
"Natica semilunata" = Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca rhomboidella" = Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella
"Arca rhomboidella" = Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea perovata" = Callista (Callista) perovata, "Cytherea discoidalis" = Rhabdopitaria discoidalis, Petricola sp.
"Cytherea perovata" = Callista (Callista) perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
"Cytherea discoidalis" = Rhabdopitaria discoidalis Conrad 1833 venus clam
Petricola sp. Lamarck 1801 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia claiboplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana, "Leda media" = Calorhadia aequalis, "Leda pharcida" = Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Leda media" = Calorhadia aequalis Conrad 1833 pointed nut clam
"Leda pharcida" = Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell