Locality WA 19 - Unit 3 (Waccamaw Fm): Early/Lower Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Chlamys solarioides
Heilprin 1887
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Septastrea crassa
(Holmes 1860)
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Spelt: Septastraea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sculpturata
Conrad 1840
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recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Horry |
Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 78.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 78.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Waccamaw | ||||
Local section: | Nixonville | Local bed: | 4.7 ft | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 3 of the Waccamaw Fm; 0.3 ft thick; overlying the lowermost unit of the Waccamaw Fm (unit 2) and underlying the uppermost unit of the formation (unit 4), both sandstones. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,medium,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandy "reef rocks" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Coral patch reef, branching colonies lying in horizontal plane, attached to Ostrea sculpturata and Chlamys solarioides. Open area filled with mixture of sediment. | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Geology comments: No environmental information reported. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Unknown repository. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 60921 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-27 20:12:08 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 20:12:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17556. | J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |