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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Fusinus abruptus snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919 oyster | |
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Echinoidea | |
Eurhodia baumi Kier 1980 sea urchin
Santeelampas oviformis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin | |
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin |