Where: Isle of Wight County, Virginia (37.1° N, 76.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yorktown Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Eastover Fm (Late Miocene), and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. It is unknown from which member of the Yorktown Formation that this collection is derived. AGE: Early to early-Late Pliocene on the basis of known age-range of the Yorktown Formation (Ward, 1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Evans; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: D. Evans. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, FL.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79709: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium carolinense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Lirosoma sulcosa Conrad 1830 snail | |
Ptychosalpinx sp. Gill 1867 true whelk
Ptychosalpinx fossulata true whelk | |
Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail
Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Strioterebrum carolinensis auger snail | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Thracia" sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Panopea reflexa clam | |
Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam | |
Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944 clam | |
Pseudochama corticosa jewel box | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Agriopoma sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Mercenaria sp., Mercenaria campechiensis, Chione cribraria, Gouldia metastriata
"Agriopoma sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam | |
Psammobiidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Moerella declivis Conrad 1834 tellin clam | |
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
"Astarte undulata" = Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata, Astarte concentrica
"Astarte undulata" = Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata Say 1824 clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Ischadium recurvum Rafinesque 1820 mussel | |
Placopecten clintonius Say 1824 scallop
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop
Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 oyster | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam |