Where: Columbus County, North Carolina (34.2° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 77.5° 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 59318: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium (Pictoscala) pratti wentletrap | |
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle | |
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"Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail Subspecies: A. (Costoanachis) avara translirata
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Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943 snail
Ilyanassa isogramma Dall 1892 snail
Ilyanassa sexdentata Conrad 1843 snail
Ilyanassa scalaspira Conrad 1868 snail | |
Aurinia obtusa Emmons 1858 volute | |
Urosalpinx trossula murex snail | |
Lemintina granifera worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Laevicardium sublineatum cockle | |
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"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
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"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Chione (Chione) grus" = Timoclea grus, "Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria, "Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis, "Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Callocardia (Agriopoma) chioneformis, Petricola (Rupellaria) grinnelli, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, Gemma magna
"Chione (Chione) grus" = Timoclea grus Holmes 1858 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
"Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
"Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Callocardia (Agriopoma) chioneformis Gardner 1943 venus clam
Petricola (Rupellaria) grinnelli Olsson 1914 venus clam
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam | |
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Corbicula densata clam | |
Mysella stantoni clam | |
"Verticordia (Trigonulina) emmonsii" = Trigonulina
"Verticordia (Trigonulina) emmonsii" = Trigonulina clam | |
"Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata
"Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam Subspecies: P. (C.) trisulcatus multistriatus
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana, "Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata
"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam Also includes: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata
"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
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