Waccamaw Formation
412 distinct taxa, from 945 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 5.3–0.0 Mya.
North Carolina, South Carolina · US
412 taxa · 945 fossils · 5.3–0.0 MyaMacrostrat dates this rock 2.2–1.7 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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28 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Glycymeris americana
- Chione cribraria
- Plicatula gibbosa
- Astarte concentrica
- Carolinapecten eboreus
- Pleuromeris tridentata
- Busycon
- Crassinella lunulata
- Nassarius (Uzita)
- Crepidula fornicata
- Gemma magna
- Laevicardium
- Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
- Nucula (Nucula) proxima
- Pteromeris perplana
- Sportella
- Donax
- Gouldia
- Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
- Parvilucina multistriata
- Semele bellastriata
- Stewartia anodonta
- Timoclea grus
- Abra aequalis
- Amusium mortoni
- Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
- Arcopsis adamsi
- Conradostrea sculpturata
- Crassostrea virginica
- Ervilia
- Glycymeris
- Ilyanassa
- Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi
- Moerella dupliniana
- Pitar morrhuanus
- Urosalpinx
- Carditamera arata
- Donax fossor
- Ensis directus
- Littoraria irrorata
The 40 most often recorded, of 412.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.