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Warley Hill, South Carolina, USA

FormationWarley Hill
Member(s)lower
Age:47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
IntervalLutetian
Lithologygrainstone/"limestone"
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
WedgefieldSumter County, South Carolina, USAWarley Hill - lower
BE-4 Berkeley County, South Carolina, USAWarley Hill

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Santee Limestone37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
grainstone/wackestone, wackestone/grainstone, "limestone"418
Warley Hill - lower47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
sandstone6

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Axiopsis eximia
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Axiidae : Axiopsis : Axiopsis eximia47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Santeelampas oviformis
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Neolampadidae : Santeelampas : Santeelampas oviformis47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Protoscutella mississippiensis
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Protoscutellidae : Protoscutella : Protoscutella mississippiensis47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Cardita sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardita47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Venericardia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Corbula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Corbula47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Turritella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Dentalium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

References

Kier P. M. (1980) The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39, 1-102
Kensley B., Williams A. B. (1990) Axiopsis eximia, a new thalassinidean shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Axiidae) from the Middle Eocene of South Carolina, Journal of Paleontology 64 5, 798-802
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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