USGS 2025: Pliocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Darlington |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 79.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Duplin |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62355 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-19 06:02:43 | Last modified: | 2006-07-19 09:02:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-19 06:02:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17902. | T. G. Gibson. 1987. Miocene and Pliocene Pectinidae (Bivalvia) from the Lee Creek Mine and adjacent areas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:31-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |