BE-0 (Lower Santee Limestone, South Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cubitostrea lisbonensis/Santeelampas oviformis zone, Santee Limestone Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone and wackestone

• "The Santee Limestone possesses a diverse and abundant fauna which, in over-all association, suggests a tropical climate."
• the santee limestone is composed of primarilyof bryozoan biosparrudites and biomicrudites which grade laterally westward into foraminiferal biomicrites and diatomites.

Primary reference: R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5341: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea lisbonensis
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys spp.
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia baumi, Santeelampas oviformis
Eurhodia baumi Kier 1980 sea urchin
Santeelampas oviformis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin