Locality WA 17 - Unit 2 (Bear Bluff Fm): Pliocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Neuconorbina terquemi
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Amusium mortoni
(Ravenel 1844)
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Trochamminidae
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Trochammina sp.
Parker and Jones 1859
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Rotaliidae
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Rotaliidae indet.
Ehrenberg 1839
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Ammonia sobrinus
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Ammonia sp.
Bruennich 1772
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Siphoninidae
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Siphonina pulchra
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Planorbulinidae
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Planorbulina mediterraneansis
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Reusselidae
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Reussella cf. spinulosa
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Amphisteginidae
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Amphistegina gibbosa
d'Orbigny 1839
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Cassidulinidae
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Cassidulina subglobosa
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Cassidulina caribeana
Redmond 1953
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Eponididae
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Poroeponides lateralis
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Bolivinidae
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Bolivina pseudopunctata
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Bolivina pseudoplicata
Heron-Allen and Earland 1930
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Bolivina marginata
Cushman 1918
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina seminulum
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Buliminidae
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Buliminella elegantissima
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Bulimina patagonica
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Angulogerina occidentalis
(Cushman 1923)
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia agglutinans
Bartenstein and Brand 1937
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| synonym of Textularia jurassica | ||||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Valvulineria sp.
Cushman 1926
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Hanzawaia concentrica
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Rosalina columbiensis
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Epistominella pontoni
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Buccella frigida
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Buccella mansfieldi
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Nonion sp.
Monfort 1808
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Anomalinidae
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Anomalina cf. pliocenica
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Anomalina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Planulina faveolata
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Cibicides floridanus
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Dyocibicides biserialis
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium cf. australis
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Elphidium fimbriatulum
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Elphidium sp.
Monfort 1808
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Elphidium discoidale
d'Orbigny 1839
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Elphidium cf. poeyanum
d'Orbigny 1948
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Pyrulina albatrossi
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Globulina inaequalis
Reuss 1850
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Nodosariata
- Robertinida
- Ceratobuliminidae
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Lamarckina atlantica
Cushman 1931
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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: | 8.2 ft | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From unit 2, Pliocene age Bear Bluff Fm. Unit 2 is a 3.3 ft thick sandstone, underlying unit 3 of the Waccamaw Fm, and overlying units 1A-D of the Bear Bluff Fm. 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 frosted, moderately indurated, very pale orange, macrofossils rare, microfossils abundant and encrusted with CaC03. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| 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, with excellent nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60932 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-27 23:19:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 23:19:55 |
| 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] |