Where: Horry County, South Carolina (33.8° N, 78.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Canepatch Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Unit 2; Canepatch Fm (Pleistocene age). Unknown stratigraphic possition (unit names in faunal table do not match up with those from lithologic column). Local section name: Nixonville. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Unknown repository.
Primary reference: J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60928: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Cliona sp. demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
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Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
"Anachis avara" = Costoanachis avara, "Mitrella lunata" = Astyris lunata
"Mitrella lunata" = Astyris lunata Say 1826 snail | |
"Cantharus tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus
"Cantharus tinctus" = Gemophos tinctus Conrad 1846 true whelk | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Cancellaria reticulata Emmon 1858 snail | |
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail | |
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Triphora pulchella" = Horologica pupa, "Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Triphora pulchella" = Horologica pupa Dall and Simpson 1901 snail
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Odostomia cf. pedroana, Turbonilla cf. aragoni, Turbonilla interrupta, "Odostomia fusca" = Sayella fusca
Odostomia cf. pedroana snail
Turbonilla cf. aragoni snail
Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail
"Odostomia fusca" = Sayella fusca Adams 1839 snail | |
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita gunteri clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Lucina punctulata, "Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, "Phacoides multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata
Lucina punctulata clam
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Phacoides multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam | |
Sportella sp. Deshayes 1858 clam | |
"Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, "Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus, Tellidora cristata, Macoma sp.
"Tellina alternata" = Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata Say 1822 tellin clam
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus Dall 1900 tellin clam
Tellidora cristata Récluz 1842 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Donax sp., "Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis Say 1822 clam | |
Laevicardium mortoni Conrad 1831 cockle | |
Erycina carolinensis clam | |
Mysella velaini clam | |
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima, Mulinia lateralis
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Mercenaria campechiensis, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis, "Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, "Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa, Gemma magna
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam
"Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam | |
Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
Periploma inequale clam | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop | |
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Schizoporella unicornis Johnston 1847 | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839 |