Sta. 7071 - Black River [Waccamaw Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, South Carolina
collected by Cooke 1917
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arca adamsi
Dall 1886
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| recombined as Arcopsis adamsi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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Glycymeris pennacea
(Lamarck 1819)
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| synonym of Glycymeris decussata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sculpturata
Conrad 1840
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| recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Pecten eboreus solarioides | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia perplana
(Dall 1903)
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| recombined as Pteromeris perplana | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Venericardia perplana abbreviata | ||||||||||
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Venericardia granulata
Say 1824
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| recombined as Cyclocardia granulata | ||||||||||
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Venericardia tridentata
Say 1826
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| recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
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Phacoides waccamawensis
Dall 1903
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| recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula inaequalis
Say 1824
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Mercenaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Gouldia metastriata
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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| recombined as Nuculana acuta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Georgetown |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° North, 79.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 78.8° 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: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waccamaw | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waccamaw Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Bed 4 in the Evans Bluff, Black River section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse sandy shell marl. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of age and facies description. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Cooke | Collection dates: | 1917 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: C.W. Cooke, 1917. REPOSITORIES: Unknown. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by W.C. Mansfield; not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. 235 | ||
| Database number: | 92409 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-10 13:40:13 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-10 13:40:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31145. | C. W. Cooke. 1936. Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 837 [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] |