Also known as New Jersey Loc. 13
Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (39.2° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 74.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1933) and MacClintock and Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66618: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium humphreysii
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap
Epitonium humphreysii Kiener 1838 wentletrap | |
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail Subspecies: T. haemastoma floridana
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
Nassarius vibex, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail | |
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon perversum Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail | |
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, "Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria mercenaria, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Donax fossor Say 1822 clam | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 mussel | |
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, "Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle |