USGS Clubhouse Crossroads corehole 1, sample DC-23 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.6° N, 46.4° W (Wright 2013)

When: Peedee Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• Slides of the Clubhouse Crossroads Core material are on file at the US Geological Survey, Reston VA

Primary reference: N. O. Frederiksen and R. A. Christopher. 1978. Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Triatriate Pollen from South Carolina. Palynology 2:113-145 [P. Jardine/P. Jardine]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229012: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Phillip Jardine on 01.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
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 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinidites "sp. A" Cookson and Pike 1954
Casuarinidites sp.1 Cookson and Pike 1954
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites "sp. B"1 Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites "sp. A"1 Cookson and Couper 1953
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Plicapollis "sp. B"1 Pflug 1953
Plicapollis usitatus1 Tschudy 1975
Holkopollenites chemardensis
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Holkopollenites chemardensis2 Stover et al. 1966
Osculapollis aequalis
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Osculapollis aequalis1 Tschudy 1975
Plicatopollis
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Plicatopollis cretacea Frederiksen and Christopher 1978