Locality WA 17 - Unit 1A (Bear Bluff Fm): Pliocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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C category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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10 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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2 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Chlamys eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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30 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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9 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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19 %-individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sculpturata
Conrad 1840
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P category | |||||||||
| recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata | ||||||||||
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Ostrea disparilis
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P category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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9 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: A. transversa improcera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama gardnerae
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9 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: C. latlirata athleta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita granulata
(Say 1824)
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9 %-individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Cyclocardia granulata | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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A category | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Horry |
| Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 78.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 78.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bear Bluff | ||||
| Local section: | Red Bluff Bridge | Local bed: | .5 ft | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From unit 1A, Pliocene age Bear Bluff Fm. Unit 1A is a 1 ft thick sandstone, gradationally underlying unit 1B of the Bear Bluff Fm at the base of the section. Basinal/regional section name: Waccamaw River | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium,brown poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sand, quartz, fine to medium, subangular to subrounded, slightly to moderately frosted, moderately indurated, very pale orange, scallops convex side up and abundant, foraminifers common. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: No environmental information reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
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, with excellent nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60931 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-27 23:16:33 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 23:16:33 |
| 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] |