SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRELIMINARY STRATIGRAPHIC DATABASE FOR SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
By Lucy E. Edwards, Gregory S. Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Peter G. Chirico, Raymond A. Christopher, Norman O. Frederiksen, David C. Prowell, Jean M. Self-Trail, and Robert E. Weems
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-049-B
2000


Table of Tertiary calcareous nannofossil datums

[FAD=first appearance datum; LAD=last appearance datum]
*Zonal marker for NP zones of Martini (1971)
#Zonal marker for CP Zones of Okada and Bukry (1980)
LAD Zygrahablithus bijugatus - near top of Zone NP 25, late Oligocene or early Miocene
LAD Dictyococcites bisectus - near top of Zone NP 25, late Oligocene or early Miocene
LAD *Helicosphaera recta - top Zone NP 25, late Oligocene
LAD *#Sphenolithus distentus - top Zone NP 24, top Zone CP 19a, late Oigocene
FAD Helicosphaera pseudolockeri - within Zone NP 24, early Oligocene
FAD Helicosphaera recta - lower Zone NP 24, early Oligocene
FAD *#Sphenolithus ciperoensis - base of Zone NP 24, base Zone CP 19a, early Oligocene
FAD Sphenolithus distentus - within Zone NP 23, base Zone CP 18, early Oligocene
LAD *#Reticulofenestra umbilicus - top of Zone NP 22, top Zone CP 16c, early Oligocene
LAD *Cyclococcolithus formosus - top Zone NP 21, early Oligocene
LAD Isthmolithus recurvus - within Zone NP 21, early Oligocene
LAD *#Discoaster saipanensis - top of Zone NP 19/20, top Zone CP 15b, late Eocene
LAD #Discoaster barbadiensis - top of Zone NP 19/20, to of Zone CP 15b, late Eocene; actually has its LAD slightly below the LAD of D. saipanensis
LAD Cribrocentum reticulatum - very near top of Zone NP 19/20, late Eocene
FAD *Isthmolithus recurvus - base of Zone NP 19/20, late Eocene
FAD *#Chiasmolithus oamaruensis - base of Zone NP 18, base Zone CP 15a, late Eocene
LAD Pseudotriquetrorhabdulus inversus - within Zone NP 17, middle Eocene
LAD Campylosphaera dela - within Zone NP 17, middle Eocene
LAD Daktylethra punctulata - within Zone NP 17, middle Eocene
LAD Chiasmolithus grandis - within Zone NP 17, middle Eocene
LAD Chiasmolithus bidens/solitus - top of Zone NP 16, middle Eocene; these two species are not differentiated in this study.
FAD Helicosphaera reticulata - upper Zone NP 16, middle Eocene
FAD Helicosphaera compacta - upper Zone NP 16, middle Eocene
FAD Pemma papillatum - within Zone NP 16, middle Eocene
FAD Cribrocentrum reticulatum - lower Zone NP 16, middle Eocene
FAD Dictyococcites bisectus - lower Zone NP 16, middle Eocene
FAD #Reticulofenestra umbilicus - large forms first appear near base of Zone NP 16, base Zone CP 14a, middle Eocene
LAD *Rhabdosphaera gladius - top of Zone NP 15, middle Eocene
FAD Pentaster lisbonensis - within Zone NP 15, middle Eocene
FAD *#Nannotetrina fulgens - base of Zone NP 15, base of Subzone CP 13a, middle Eocene - the genus Nannotetrina first appears very near the Zone NP 14/15 boundary
LAD #Rhabdosphaera inflata - top of Zone NP 14, base of Subzone CP 12b, middle Eocene
FAD #Rhabdosphaera inflata - mid Zone NP 14, of top Subzone CP 12b, middle Eocene
FAD *#Discoaster sublodoensis - base of Zone NP 14, base of Subzone CP 12a, early Eocene
FAD Reticulofenestra spp. - within Zone NP 13, early Eocene
LAD *Rhomboaster orthostylus - top of Zone NP 12, early Eocene
FAD Helicosphaera lophota - near top of Zone NP 12; has been used to approximate the Zone NP 12/NP 13 boundary, early Eocene
FAD Helicosphaera seminulum - mid Zone NP 12, early Eocene
FAD *#Discoaster lodoensis - base of Zone NP12, base Zone CP10, early Eocene
LAD Neochiastozygus concinnus - within Zone NP 11, early Eocene
LAD Zygodiscus herlyni - within Zone NP 11, early Eocene
FAD Discoaster binodosus - within Zone NP11
LAD *#Rhomboaster contortus - top of Zone NP10, top Subzone CP9a
FAD Rhomboaster orthostylus - upper Zone NP10
FAD Rhomboaster contortus - mid or upper Zone NP10, base Subzone CP9a.
FAD #Discoaster diastypus - mid or upper Zone NP10, base Subzone CP9a
LAD Placozygus sigmoides - lower Zone NP 10, early Eocene
LAD Fasciculithus spp. - lower Zone NP10
LAD Hornibrookina spp. - lower Zone NP 10, early Eocene
FAD *Rhomboaster bramlettei - base of Zone NP10, early Eocene
FAD Rhomboaster spineus - uppermost Zone NP9
LAD Fasciculithus alanii - within upper Zone NP 9, late Paleocene
FAD Transversopontis pulcher sensu ampl. - within upper Zone NP9
LAD Scapholithus apertus - upper Zone NP 9, late Paleocene
FAD Discoaster mediosus - within upper Zone NP9
FAD Toweius occultatus - within upper Zone NP9
FAD #Campylosphaera dela - within upper Zone NP9, base Subzone CP8b (includes C. eodela)
FAD Lophodolithus nascens - within upper Zone NP9
FAD Toweius callosus - within Zone NP9
FAD Discoaster lenticularis - near base of Zone NP9
FAD *#Discoaster multiradiatus - base of Zone NP9, base Subzone CP8a
FAD Neochiastozygus junctus - within Zone NP 8, late Paleocene
FAD *Heliolithus riedellii - base of Zone NP 8, late Paleocene
FAD #Discoaster mohleri - probably equivalent to base Zone NP 7, base CP 6, late Paleocene
FAD *Heliolithus kleinpellii - base Zone NP 6, late Paleocene
FAD Heliolithus cantabriae - upper Zone NP 5, late Paleocene
FAD Toweius eminens var. tovae - within Zone NP 5, late Paleocene
FAD Scapholithus apertus - within Zone NP 5, late Paleocene
FAD Chiasmolithus bidens - lower Zone NP 5, late Paleocene
FAD *#Fasciculithus tympaniformis - base of Zone NP 5, base CP 4, late Paleocene
FAD Chiasmolithus sp. aff. C. bidens (Bramlette & Sullivan) Hay & Mohler - within Zone NP 4
FAD Toweius pertusus - within Zone NP 4
FAD Ellipsolithus distichus - near base of Zone NP 4, early Paleocene
FAD Ellipsolithus bollii - near base of Zone NP 4, early Paleocene
FAD *Ellipsolithus macellus - base of Zone NP 4, early Paleocene
FAD Chiasmolithus consuetus - within Zone NP 3, early Paleocene
FAD *#Chiasmolithus danicus - base of Zone NP 3, early Paleocene
FAD *#Cruciplacolithus tenuis - base Zone NP 2, early Paleocene
FAD Cruciplacolithus asymmetricus - upper Zone NP 1, early Paleocene
FAD Cruciplacolithus intermedius - within Zone NP 1, early Paleocene
FAD Crucipalcolithus primus - within Zone NP 1, early Paleocene
FAD increased Thoracosphaera specimens - lower Zone NP 1, early Paleocene

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