Rocky Point, SC: Campanian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida
Celastrophyllum elegans Berry 1903
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus pseudowestfalica Berry 1914
Quercus sumterensis Berry 1914
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Crotonophyllum panduneformis
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix lesquereuxii Berry 1914
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus krausiana Heer 1869
Ficus crassipes (Heer 1874)
original and current combination Proteoides crassipes
Ficus atavina Heer 1882
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteoides lancifolius Heer 1871
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
? Hamamelites cordatus Lesquereux 1883
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum newberryi Berry 1914
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex clarkii Berry 1905
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Phragmites pratti
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia capellinii Heer 1866
Illicium watereensis Berry 1914
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros rotundifolia Lesquereux 1874
corrected as Diospyros rotundifolius
Diospyros primaeva Heer 1866
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Andromeda parlatorii Heer 1866
Andromeda grandifolia Smith 1894
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus geinitzi (Heer 1869)
Angiospermae
Arundo groenlandica Heer 1874
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites knowltoni Berry 1909
Coniferales
Heterolepis cretaceus Berry 1914
Pinopsida - Pinales
Widdringtonites subtilis Heer 1874
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Protophyllocladus lobatus Berry 1911
Cunninghamites elegans (Corda 1846)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 80.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 51.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Black Creek Member:Middendorf
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:210092
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2020-05-20 17:47:48 Last modified:2020-05-20 17:47:48
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-20 17:47:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72443. E. W. Berry. 1914. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 84:1-200 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]