Sta. 5295 - Raysor Bridge [Raysor Marl]: Late/Upper Pliocene, South Carolina
collected by Cooke 1922
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Paracyathus vaughani
Gane 1895
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus thallus
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia tarphaeia
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda trochila
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| synonym of Nuculana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ostrea disparilis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten jeffersonius
Say 1824
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| recombined as Chesapecten jeffersonius | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Scapharca) lienosa
(Say 1832)
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris subovata
(Say 1824)
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| recombined as Costaglycymeris subovata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula inaequalis
Say 1824
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Corbula cf. chipolana
Gardner 1928
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| recombined as Varicorbula chipolana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo calamus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Aligena aequata
(Conrad 1843)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata
(Say 1824)
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Tellina (Angulus) declivis
(Conrad 1834)
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| recombined as Moerella declivis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama corticosa
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Echinochama arcinella
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Arcinella arcinella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta yorkensis
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Diplodonta nucleiformis
(Wagner 1840)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Isocardia fraterna
Say 1824
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| recombined as Glossus fraterna | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Chione latilirata athleta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Saxicava sp.
de Bellevue 1802
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| synonym of Hiatella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides crenulatus
(Conrad 1840)
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| recombined as Parvilucina crenulata | ||||||||||
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Divaricella quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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| recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata | ||||||||||
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Phacoides radians
(Conrad 1841)
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| replaced by Callucina keenae | ||||||||||
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Phacoides contractus
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Phacoides cribrarius
(Say 1824)
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| recombined as Lucinisca cribrarius | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites gibbesii
(Tuomey and Holmes 1856)
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| synonym of Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Astarte floridana
(Dall 1903)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia granulata
Say 1824
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| recombined as Cyclocardia granulata | ||||||||||
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Cardita (Carditamera) arata
(Conrad 1832)
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| recombined as Carditamera arata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella variabilis
Conrad 1830
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| recombined as Turritella (Torcula) variabilis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Fissuridea cattilliformis
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| synonym of Diodora | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Crassatellites undulatus
(Say 1824)
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| synonym of Kalolophus antillarum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Colleton |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 80.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 80.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Raysor Marl | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Raysor Marl, which presumably regionally unconformably overlies the Miocene Hawthorn Fm, and is overlain by the Duplin Marl. AGE: Late Pliocene; Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 2 (3.5 ft thick) of the Raysor Bridge section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue unlithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl consisting of shells in a dark-blue soft matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of age and facies description. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Cooke | Collection dates: | 1922 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: C.W. Cooke, 1922. REPOSITORIES: Unknown. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by W.C. Mansfield; not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sta. 3991; Loc. 216 | ||
| Database number: | 92412 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-10 14:19:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-10 14:19:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31145. | C. W. Cooke. 1936. Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 837 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |