BE-0 (Upper Santee Limestone, South Carolina): Bartonian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pecchiola dalliana
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina spp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys spp.
Chlamys membranosus
? Chlamys deshayesii (Lea 1833)
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
Placopecten ? spp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Cubitostrea sellaeformis (Conrad 1832)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana (Harris 1919)
Alectryonia cf. A. ludoviciana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
Barbatia cf. cuculloides (Conrad 1833)
Barbatia cf. B. cuculloides
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia spp.
Venericardia cf. nasuta Dall 1903
recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta
Venericardia cf. natusa
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
Crassatellites sp. Krueger 1823
synonym of Crassatella
Crassatellites sp. b
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus sp. Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chama sp. a
Chama richardsi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele cf. linosa (Conrad 1833)
Semela cf. S. linosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari eborea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina papyria Conrad 1833
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp. Mörch 1853
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis sp. Conrad 1866
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia alabamanensis (Morton 1834)
recombined as Aturia alabamensis
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia harmatuki Kier 1980
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella plana (Conrad 1865)
Protoscutella conradi (Cotteau 1891)
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia holmesii
Eurhodia rugosa (Ravenel 1848)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Berkeley
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 80.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 71.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Claibornian
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Cubitostrea lisbonensis/Pteropis lapidosa
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santee Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: This collection is from the upper Santee Limestone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Secondary lithology: wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: the santee limestone is composed primarily of bryozoan biosparrudites and biomicrudites which grade laterally westward into foraminiferal biomicrites and diatomites.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "The Santee Limestone possesses a diverse and abundant fauna which, in over-all association, suggests a tropical climate."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5344
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:A. Miller Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-27 08:18:08 Last modified:2007-01-28 14:40:18
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-27 08:18:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
318. R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]