BE-1 (Santee Limestone, South Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.4° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 71.1° 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 Formation.

• 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 5345: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pecchiola dalliana
Pecchiola dalliana
? in presence/absence column of faunal list
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella conradi
Protoscutella conradi Cotteau 1891 sand dollar
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp.
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp.
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp.
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama richardsi
Chama richardsi jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta, "Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895 clam
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatellites sp. b
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia spp.
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus, Chlamys membranosus, Chlamys spp.
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana, Cubitostrea sp., Cubitostrea sellaeformis
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Alectryonia cf. ludoviciana Harris 1919 oyster
Alectryonia cf. A. ludoviciana
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Arcida -
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea Lamarck 1809 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina spp.
Terebratulina spp. d'Orbigny 1847
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Menippidae
? Menippe sp.
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833 crab
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys sp.
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp.
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral