Martin Marietta Quarry [Belgrade Fm]: Chattian - Aquitanian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Chesaconcavus belgradensis n. sp.
(Zullo 1984)
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Zullo 1992 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Georgetown |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 77.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 72.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Key time interval: | Chattian - Aquitanian |
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Belgrade | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Belgrade Formation, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Oligocene-early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,white lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Bryozoan biomicrudite facies. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: Offshore carbonate environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa of taxonomic interest. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritatve publications, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 159935 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-12 15:09:43 | Last modified: | 2014-08-16 21:16:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-12 15:09:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52210. | V. A. Zullo and G. R. Baum. 1981. Euscalpellum Hoek (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) from the Eocene of North and South Carolina. South Carolina Geology 25(1):33-41 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 52284 | V. A. Zullo. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. The Paleontological Society Memoir 27:1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |