Clapp Creek, Kingstree [Williamsburg Fm.]: Late Paleocene, South Carolina
collected by B. R. Erickson 1984

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
14 specimens
coprolite
Reptilia - Testudines
"Macrobaenidae" indet. (Sukhanov 1964)
Gentry et al. 2023
formerly Osteopygis emarginatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Williamsburg
Coordinates: 33.7° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 52.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Late Paleocene
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Black Mingo Formation:Williamsburg
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,black lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace,coprolite
Degree of concentration:-multiple events
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:few
Size sorting:very well
Fragmentation:none
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Collection size:14
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. R. Erickson Collection dates:Winter 1984
Metadata
Database number:150578
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano Enterer:T. Fabian, M. Uhen, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:freshwater
Created:2013-09-10 15:02:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-09-10 15:02:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

48151. G. T. Sawyer. 1998. Coprolites of the Black Mingo Group (Paleocene) of the South Carolina. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88(4):221-228 [M. Uhen/T. Fabian]

Secondary references:

82442 A. D. Gentry, C. R. Kiernan, and J. F. Parham. 2023. A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1411-1430 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano]
68976 D. R. Schwimmer, A. E. Sanders, B. R. Erickson and R. E. Weems. 2015. A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 105(2):1-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]