Sta. 2029 - Caw Caw Swamp [McBean Fm]: Bartonian, South Carolina
collected by Vaughn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Tuba antiquata
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon idoneus
(Conrad 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Conomitra sp.
Conrad 1865
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Ancilla ancillops
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Ancilla staminea
Conrad 1832
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella pyruloides
Conrad 1832
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Volutocorbis petrosus
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| spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex engonata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula polita
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra houstonia
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurotoma prosseri
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma lerchi
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma nupera
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma desnoyersii
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma sp.
Lamarck 1800
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma moorei
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Pleurotoma nodocarinata
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sauridens
Conrad 1833
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Lirofusus thoracicus
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Fusinus magnocostatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Phos sagenus
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Laevibuccinum prorsum
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Terebrifusus amoenus
(Conrad 1833)
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| original and current combination Buccinum amoenum | ||||||||||
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Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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| original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | ||||||||||
| [entered as Pseudoliva vetustsa] | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Cypraea kennedyi
Harris 1895
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| recombined as Sulcocypraea kennedyi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus (Fusoficula) texana
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| synonym of Ficus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica semilunata
Lea 1833
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| recombined as Natica (Naticarius) semilunata | ||||||||||
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Lunatia eminula
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Polinices eminulus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula lirata
Conrad 1833
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Calyptraea trochiformis
(Gmelin 1791)
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= Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Solander 1766
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Vokes 1975 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella carinata
Lea 1833
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| recombined as Haustator carinata | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Turritella carinata praecarinata | ||||||||||
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Turritella nasuta
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| SUBSPECIES: Turritella nasuta houstonia | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bullinella galba
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Amphidesma sp.
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= Semele linosa
Conrad 1833
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cytherea perovata
Conrad 1833
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| recombined as Callista (Callista) perovata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia claiboplata
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris idoneus
Conrad 1833
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| recombined as Glycymeris idonea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Trigonarca decisa
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda media
(Lea 1833)
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| synonym of Calorhadia aequalis | ||||||||||
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Leda semen
(Lea 1883)
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| recombined as Calorhadia semen | ||||||||||
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Yoldia claibornensis
(Conrad 1848)
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| recombined as Orthoyoldia claibornensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula ovula
Lea 1833
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) ovula | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Orangeburg |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 80.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 71.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | McBean | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the McBean Fm, which regionally unconformably overlies the Black Mingo Fm (Paleocene) and is locally unconformably overlain by the Brandywine Fm (Pleistocene); the formation is laterally equialent to the Nanjemoy Fm and the Claiborne Gp. AGE: Bartonian, on the basis of recent biostratigraphic dating. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From either bed 1 or 2 in section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,green,red unlithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,green poorly lithified claystone |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine bright-red (originally green) sand with pockets of shells, or green clay with pockets of shells. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | Vaughn |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: T.W. Vaughn, c. 1900's. REPOSITORIES: Unknown. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication and with antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated with subsequent publications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92487 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-16 13:08:51 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-16 13:08:51 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 11845 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] | |
| 31302 | E. H. Vokes. 1975. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVIII. Some new or otherwise interesting members of the Calyptraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):163-172 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |