Where: Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 75.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yorktown Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Yorktown Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: A Pliocene age is assigned to the collection following Ward (1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Petuch

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Petuch. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96535: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2010

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