Sta. 10412 - Yeamans Hall [Waccamaw Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, South Carolina
collected by Cooke 1922
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Mellitidae
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Encope macrophora
(Ravenel 1842)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cribrilinidae
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Puellina radiata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra aff. dalli
Engerrand and Urbina 1910
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| recombined as Subcancilla dalli | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Liotiidae
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Liotia aff. major
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ostrea sculpturata
Conrad 1840
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| recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium mortoni
(Ravenel 1844)
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Pecten hemicyclicus
Ravenel 1834
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Berkeley |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 80.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 79.5° 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 8 ft above low tide in the section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow unlithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft yellowish 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: | 1922 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: C.W. Cooke, 1922. 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. 237 | ||
| Database number: | 92410 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-10 13:50:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-10 13:50:02 |
| 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] |