Station 2244b [Moore House Mbr, Yorktown Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 75.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moore House Member (Yorktown Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively shallow shelf depths.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Harris in 1890; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78261: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not exhaustive (as commented by Ward 1993, p. 3), but includes fairly comprehensive lists of characteristic gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Lists compiled by R. Arnold, based on identifications by Harris, with nomenclature subsequently revised by Ward to a modern standard, with species-resolution assignments.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crucibulum ramosum slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, "Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirosoma sulcosa Conrad 1830 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pisania nux true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell
Marginella bella margin shell
Marginella denticulata Conrad 1830 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Trophon tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus Conrad 1832 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Leptomactra delumbis Conrad 1832 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo fistula" = Kuphus fistula
"Teredo fistula" = Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle