Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.6° N, 75.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moore House Member (Yorktown Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From cross-bedded, upper facies of the Moore House Mbr.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Harris in 1890; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78266: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Gemma magna virginiana, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, "Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, "Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, Dosinia acetabulum, Mercenaria sp., Pleiorytis centenaria
Gemma magna virginiana Dall 1903 venus clam
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Rangia clathrodon clam | |
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum Conrad 1839 cockle | |
Cyrtopleura arcuata piddock | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 wrinkled rock-borer | |
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam | |
Margaritaria abrupta Conrad 1832 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Modiolus ducateli horsemussel | |
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper limpet
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 spiny slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
Ilyanassa procina snail | |
Busycon maximus whelk | |
Peristernia filicata snail | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 dove shell
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 dove shell
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 dove shell | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Conus marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Marginella sp., "Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell | |
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail |