Also known as North Carolina Loc. 9
Where: Pamlico County, North Carolina (34.8° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pamlico Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon, Pleistocene (Richards 1962). Little evidence for Wisconsin age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1936, 1950). 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 66750: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006, edited by Samantha Yost
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Phacoides crenella" = Parvilucina crenella
"Phacoides crenella" = Parvilucina crenella Dall 1901 clam | |
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis Say 1822 clam | |
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria mercenaria, Chione cancellata, Gemma gemma, "Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam
"Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam | |
Barnea costata clam | |
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
"Venericardia tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata
"Venericardia tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis, "Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Olivella mutica, "Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail | |
"Nassarius acutus" = Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
"Nassarius acutus" = Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail | |
"Columbella (Astyris) lunata" = Astyris lunata, "Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Columbella (Astyris) lunata" = Astyris lunata Say 1826 snail
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail | |
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus, Busycon carica
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap | |
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Malacostraca | |
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