Where: Columbus County, North Carolina (34.3° N, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 78.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Waccamaw Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray, blue, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections.
Primary reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59317: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Liotia (Arene) pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata
"Liotia (Arene) pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata Stearns 1872 snail | |
Ilyanassa irrorata Conrad 1863 snail | |
"Mitrella lunata" = Astyris lunata, "Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Mitrella lunata" = Astyris lunata Say 1826 snail
"Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail Subspecies: A. (Costoanachis) avara translirata and similis
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Urosalpinx trossula murex snail | |
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus, Amusium mortoni
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844 scallop | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Bornia triangula Glenn 1904 clam | |
Erycina carolinensis clam | |
Corbicula densata clam | |
Gemma magna, "Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis, "Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
"Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
"Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam | |
Laevicardium sublineatum cockle | |
Donax fossor Say 1822 clam | |
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra | |
"Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica
"Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam Also includes: A. (A.) concentrica conradi
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"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata, "Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana
"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam Also includes: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam Also includes: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata
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"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam |