Carters Wharf, Zones 14-16 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Richmond County, Virginia (38.1° N, 76.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 74.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calvert Beach Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age.

Environment/lithology: coastal; silty sandstone

• sand; silty, very fine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71645: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma contracta Say 1824 clam