OR-9 (Santee Limestone, South Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Orangeburg County, South Carolina (33.5° N, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 71.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cubitostrea sellaeformis/Pteropis lapidosa zone, Santee Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• This collection is from the upper part of the 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 5343: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp.
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella conradi
Protoscutella conradi Cotteau 1891 sand dollar
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatellites sp. b
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele cf. linosa
Semele cf. linosa Conrad 1833 clam
Semela cf. S. linosa
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Arcida -
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea Lamarck 1809 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus lamellacea, Chlamys spp.
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926 scallop
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis, Ostrea sp.
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus cf. vitus
Tenagodus cf. vitus snail
Tenagodus cf. T. vitus
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Fusinus abruptus
Fusinus abruptus true whelk
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella sp.
Puncturella sp. Lowe 1827 puncturella