BE-4 (Santee Limestone, South Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.4° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° 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)

• This collection is from the lower Santee Fm.

• 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 primarily of 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 5342: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella mississippiensis
Protoscutella mississippiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sand dollar
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Santeelampas oviformis
Santeelampas oviformis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus sp.
Eupatagus sp. Agassiz 1847 heart urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp.
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp.
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
? in presence/absence field in list
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys spp., Eburneopecten scintillatus
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sp., Cubitostrea lisbonensis, Ostrea sp., Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana Harris 1919 oyster
Alectryonia cf. A. ludoviciana
 Arcida -
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama richardsi
Chama richardsi jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp.
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia spp.
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
? Ranina sp.
? Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801 crab
? in presence/absence field in list
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp.
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral