Shipyard Creek, Charleston Co. - Pamlico Fm (Pleistocene): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ellobiidae
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Melampus lineatus
Say 1822
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synonym of Melampus bidentatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sayana
Ravenel 1834
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recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx cinerea
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius obsoletus
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta | ||||||||||
Nassarius acutus
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus | ||||||||||
Nassarius vibex
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella (Anachis) obesa
(Adams 1845)
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recombined as Parvanachis obesa | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus cancellata
(Conrad 1846)
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recombined as Solenosteira cancellaria | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon canaliculatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Cerithiopsis subulata
(Montagu 1808)
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= Cerithiopsis emersonii
Adams 1839
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Misidentification of exotic species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina irrorata
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Littoraria irrorata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora cayenensis
(Lamarck 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium robustum
(Lightfoot 1786)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina alternata
Say 1822
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recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele bellastriata
(Conrad 1837)
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Semele proficua
(Pulteney 1799)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus gibbus
(Spengler 1794)
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synonym of Tagelus plebeius | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Mercenaria mercenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Labiosa plicatella
(Lamarck 1818)
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recombined as Raeta plicatella | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea costata
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides crenella
Dall 1901
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recombined as Parvilucina crenella | ||||||||||
Codakia costata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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recombined as Parvilucina costata | ||||||||||
Divaricella quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia tridentata
Say 1826
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recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara ovalis
(Bruguiere 1789)
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recombined as Lunarca ovalis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Charleston |
Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 79.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 79.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pamlico | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon, Pleistocene (Richards 1962). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962). | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies. |
Metadata
Also known as: | South Carolina Loc. 12 | ||
Database number: | 66756 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-10-15 12:48:18 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2007-10-15 12:48:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18974. | H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |