Chowan River Formation (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: North Carolina (34.7° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chowan River Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Chowan River Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: A Late Pliocene age is assigned following existing collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

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 96537: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa miscellaneously mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae