Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 75.8° W)
• 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: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Ilyanassa procina snail | |
Peristernia filicata snail | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Busycon maximus whelk | |
Conus marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum, Marginella sp.
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute | |
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 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 | |
Modiolus ducateli mussel | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Margaritaria abrupta Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyrtopleura arcuata clam | |
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, "Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Pleiorytis centenaria, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, Gemma magna, Dosinia acetabulum, Mercenaria sp.
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Rangia clathrodon clam | |
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum Conrad 1839 cockle | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |