Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 79.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Goose Creek Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Local section name: Cross. Basinal/regional section name: Berkeley.
•The Goose Creek Limestone is divisible into lower and upper biostratigraphic units, coincident with lith division, seperated by an unconformity. The Raysor Marl unconformably overlies the lower Goose Creek Limestone. The lower Goose Creek Limestone is of late middle Pliocene (~3.8-3.9 Ma). From Encope horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, medium-grained, coarse, phosphatic, gray, white, sandy, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, midden
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• New USCS collection. Material reposited in Converse College, Charleston Museum, USNM and USCS.
Primary reference: M.R. Campbell and L.D. Campbell. 1995. Preliminary biostratigraphy and molluscan fauna of the Goose Creek Limestone of eastern South Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 27:53-100 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60940: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus vaughani Gane 1895 stony coral | |
Septastrea marylandica Conrad 1841 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Ctenostomata indet. Busk 1852 | |
Cheilostomata indet. Busk 1859 | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 | |
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Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Conus marylandicus, "Conus presozoni" = Conus delessertii, "Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
"Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell internal and external molds
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"Aurinia mutabilis" = Volutifusus mutabilis
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"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk Subspecies: B. pyrum excavatum; latex cast
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"Sconsia hodgei" = Sconsia hodgii
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Scaphopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
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"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata, Glycymeris americana
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam Subspecies: G. americana americana and G. americana quinquerugata; internal and extenal molds
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"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
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Spondylus sp., Nodipecten collierensis, Amusium mortoni, Chlamys decemnarius, Leptopecten leonensis, Chesapecten madisonius, "Chesapecten septenarius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius septenarius, Carolinapecten eboreus, Pecten sp., Pecten hemicyclicus, Argopecten comparilis
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
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"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
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"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa, "Pseudomiltha anodonta" = Stewartia anodonta, "Linga pensylvanica" = Lucina pensylvanica, "Lucinisca cribraria" = Lucinisca cribrarius, Radiolucina tuomeyi, Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Linga pensylvanica" = Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758 clam internal mold [entered as Linga pennsylvanica]
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Thracia magna, "Cyathodonta dalli" = Thracia (Cyathodonta)
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Macrocallista albaria, Mercenaria corrugata, Dosinia acetabulum, "Chione (Lirophora) latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata, Chione erosa
Mercenaria corrugata quahog Includes subspecies: M. corrugata tridacnoides; internal and external molds
"Chione (Lirophora) latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam latex cast
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Mulinia congesta, "Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima
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Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark | |
Mammalia | |
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope macrophora Ravenel 1842 sand dollar
Mellita carolinana sand dollar | |
Spatangus glenni Cooke 1959 heart urchin | |
Echinocardium orthonotum Conrad 1843 heart urchin | |
Psammechinus philanthropus Conrad 1843 sea urchin | |
Arbacia improcera Conrad 1843 sea urchin | |
Ophiomorpha sp. Lundgren 1891 |