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
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
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Cylichna cylindricus snail
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crucibulum ramosum, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
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 | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, "Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Pisania nux true whelk | |
Busycon incile whelk | |
Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell
Marginella bella margin shell
Marginella denticulata Conrad 1830 margin shell | |
"Trophon tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus, Urosalpinx trossulus
"Trophon tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus Conrad 1832 murex snail
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail | |
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Musculus virginica mussel | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam | |
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam | |
Leptomactra delumbis Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Teredo fistula" = Kuphus fistula
"Teredo fistula" = Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam | |
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |