Locality WA 20 - Unit 2 (Canepatch Fm): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Elphidiidae
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Elphidium delicatulum
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina funafutiensis
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Quinqueloculina lamarckiana
d'Orbigny 1839
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Septastrea crassa
(Holmes 1860)
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Spelt: Septastraea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus tinctus
(Conrad 1846)
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recombined as Gemophos tinctus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella lunata
(Say 1826)
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A category | |||||||||
recombined as Astyris lunata | ||||||||||
Anachis avara
(Say 1822)
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U category | |||||||||
Colombella avara | ||||||||||
Subspecies: A. avara translirata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx cinerea
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria reticulata
(Emmon 1858)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila adamsi
(Lea 1845)
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recombined as Seila adamsii | ||||||||||
Triphora pulchella
(Adams 1850)
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synonym of Horologica pupa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla cf. aragoni
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Turbonilla interrupta
(Totten 1835)
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Odostomia cf. pedroana
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Odostomia fusca
(Adams 1839)
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P category | |||||||||
recombined as Sayella fusca | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Retusa canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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recombined as Acteocina canaliculata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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U category | |||||||||
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) gibbus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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P category | |||||||||
recombined as Argopecten gibbus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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P category | |||||||||
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata | ||||||||||
Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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U category | |||||||||
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
Lucina punctulata
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma inequale
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula contracta
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella sp.
Deshayes 1858
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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Mysella velaini
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Erycinidae
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Erycina carolinensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Transenella carolinensis
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spelled with current rank as Transennella | ||||||||||
Petricola pholadiformis
Lamarck 1818
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recombined as Petricolaria pholadiformis | ||||||||||
Macrocallista nimbosa
(Solander 1786)
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recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa | ||||||||||
Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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P category | |||||||||
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium mortoni
(Conrad 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Donax variabilis
Say 1822
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U category | |||||||||
recombined as Serrula variabilis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina texana
Dall 1900
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recombined as Angulus texanus | ||||||||||
Tellidora cristata
(Récluz 1842)
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Tellina alternata
Say 1822
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recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata | ||||||||||
Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele purpurescens
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Ervillia concentrica
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9 category | |||||||||
= Ervilia concentrica
Holmes 1858
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Rosenberg 2005 | |||||||||
MISSPELLING: Ervillia = Ervilia | ||||||||||
Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita gunteri
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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U category | |||||||||
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Discoporella denticulata
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella unicornis
(Johnston 1847)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Parasmittina trispinosa
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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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: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Canepatch | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 2; Canepatch Fm (Pleistocene age). Unknown stratigraphic possition (unit names in faunal table do not match up with those from lithologic column). Local section name: Nixonville. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Sand, quartz, medium to coarse, subangular to subrounded, frosted, yellowish gray, macrofossils abundant, well preserved, commonly life-orented. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: No environmental information reported. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Unknown repository. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Not exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 60928 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-27 21:42:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 21:42:10 |
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] |
Secondary references:
19419 | G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |