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PRI 708: Lutetian - Bartonian, South Carolina

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Orangeburg
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.8° North, 70.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Lutetian - Bartonian
Age range of interval:48.6 - 37.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:McBean
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Lisbon horizon"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92308
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-05 08:43:21 Last modified:2009-11-17 13:29:54
Access level:group members Released:2014-11-05 08:43:21
Reference information
Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

11846 K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 218:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]