| ERA |
PERIOD |
SUB Period |
EPOCH |
SUB |
STAGE |
END/ BEGAN (MYA) |
Species |
Carolina Formations |
C E N O Z O I C |
Q u a t e r n a r y |
A n t h r o p o g e n e |
Holocene
0 - 0.01 |
|
|
Present to 0.01 |
|
Surface Deposits |
Pleistocene
0.01 - 1.81 |
|
Calabrien |
0.01 to 1.81 |
|
Wando/ Ladson
Croatan (James City)
Waccamaw |
T e r t i a r y |
N e o g e n e |
Pliocene
1.81 - 5.32 |
Late |
Gelasian |
1.81
2.58 |
Carcharocles megalodon
20 - 2
Carcharocles chubutensis 23 - 14
Carcharocles subauriculatus 23 - 22 |
Waccamaw
Chowan River
Duplin Marl/ Yorktown |
| Mid |
Piacenzian |
2.58
3.60 |
| Early |
Zanclian |
3.60
5.32 |
Miocene
5.32 - 23.8 |
Late |
Messinian |
5.32
7.12 |
|
| Tortonian |
7.12
11.2 |
Rudd Branch Beds |
| Serravallian |
11.2
14.8 |
Hawthorn |
| Mid |
Langhian |
14.8
16.4 |
Pungo River/
Marks Head | |
| Early |
Burdigalian |
16.4
20.5 |
Pungo River |
| Aquitanian |
20.5
23.8 |
Edisto/
Belgrade |
P a l e o g e n e |
Oligocene
23.8 - 33.7 |
Late |
Chattian |
23.8
28.5 |
Carcharocles angustidens
34 - 23
Carcharocles auriculatus
53 - 32
Otodus obliquus
68 - 42
Cretolamna appendiculata
112 - 50
|
Belgrade/ Chandler Bridge/ River Bend/ Ashley |
| Early |
Rupelian |
28.5
33.7 |
Ashley/ Drayton |
Eocene
33.7 - 55.0 |
Late |
Priabonian |
33.7
37.0 |
Drayton/ Parkers Ferry/ Harleyville/ Cross Mbr. |
| Mid |
Bartonian |
37.0
41.3 |
Cross Mbr., Santee Limestone |
| Lutetian |
41.3
49.0 |
Moultrie Mbr., Santee Limestone
Castle Hayne Limestone |
| Early |
Ypresian |
49.0
55.0 |
Fishburne |
Palaeocene
55.0 - 65.5 |
Late |
Thanetian |
55.0
57.9 |
Beaufort/
Williamsburg Chicora Member |
| Mid |
Selandian |
57.9
61.0 |
Williamsburg Lower Bridge Member, SU B&C
|
| Early |
Danian |
61.0
65.5 |
Williamsburg Lower Bridge Member, Subunit A
Rhems |
M E S O Z O I C |
C r e t a c e o u s |
Upper |
Senonian
65.5 - 98.9 |
|
Maastrichtian | 65.5
71.3 |
Pee Dee |
| Campanian |
71.3
83.5 |
Donoho Creek |
| Santonian |
83.5
85.8 |
Bladen/ Coachman/ Cane Acre/ Caddin/ River Delta/ Tarheel/ Shepard Grove/ Middendorf/ Cape Fear/ Clubhouse/ Beech Hill |
| Coniacian |
85.8
89.0 |
| Turonian |
89.0
93.5 |
| Cenomanian |
93.5
98.9 |
| Lower |
Gallic
98.9 - 127.0 |
|
Albian |
98.9
112.2 |
Basement Bedrock |
| Aptian |
112.2
121.0 |
Family =
Otodontidae
Order =
Lamniformes
Superorder =
Galeomorphii
Subclass =
Elasmo-
branchii
Class =
Chond-
richthyes
Subphylum =
Vertebratas
Phylum =
Chordata
Kingdom =
Animalia
|
| Barremian |
121.0
127.0 |
Neocomian
127.0 - 142.0 |
|
Hauterivian |
127.0
132.0 |
| Valanginian |
132.0
136.5 |
| Berriasian |
136.5
142.0 |
J u r a s s i c |
Upper |
Malm
142.0 - 159.4 |
|
Tithonian |
142.0
150.7 |
| Kimmeridgian |
150.7
154.1 |
| Oxfordian |
154.1
159.4 |
| Middle |
Dogger
159.4 - 180.1 |
|
Callovian |
159.4
164.4 |
| Bathonian |
164.4
169.2 |
| Bajocian |
169.2
176.5 |
| Aalenian |
176.5
180.1 |
| Lower |
Lias
180.1 - 205.1 |
|
Toarcian |
180.1
189.6 |
| Pliensbachian |
189.6
195.3 |
| Sinemurian |
195.3
201.9 |
| Hettangian |
201.9
205.1 |
T r i a s s i c |
Upper |
Keuper
205.1 - 227.4 |
|
Rhaetian |
205.1
209.6 |
| Norian |
209.6
220.7 |
| Carnian |
220.7
227.4 |
| Middle |
Muschelkalk
227.4 - 241.7 |
|
Landinian |
227.4
234.3 |
| Anisian |
234.3
241.7 |
| Lower |
Scythian
241.7 - 250.0 |
|
Olenekian |
241.7
244.8 |
| Induan |
244.8
250.0 |
| Continued |