The Peedee Formation is a

geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''no ...

and

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

. A marine deposit, named for exposures along the Great Peedee River, it preserves belemnites and

foraminifera Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly ...

fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

dating from the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...

. The formation is notable for its occurrence of ''

Belemnitella americana ''Belemnitella'' is a genus of belemnite from the Late Cretaceous of Europe and North America. ''Belemnitella'' was a squidlike animal, probably related to the ancestors of modern squids and cuttlefish. The shell was internal. The rostrum or ...

'', known as the Pee Dee Belemnite (PDB), a long-standing standard in stable carbon isotope research.

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* Cretaceous geology of North Carolina Cretaceous geology of South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-geologic-formation-stub

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