Sample# 17c - Kempsville Mbr, Acredale Fm: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Linga amiantus
Dall 1901
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Crucibulum striatum
Say 1826
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Rotaliidae
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Ammonia limbatobeccarii
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Buccella depressa
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S category | |||||||||
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Rosalina columbiensis
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S category | |||||||||
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Rosalina floridana
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S category | |||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides lobatulus
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Protelphidium tisburyense
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Pseudopolymorphina cf. novangliae
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S category | |||||||||
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Haynesinidae
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Haynesina germanica
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium articulatum
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C category | |||||||||
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Elphidium brooklynense
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C category | |||||||||
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Elphidium clavatum
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C category | |||||||||
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Elphidium excavatum
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S category | |||||||||
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Elphidium galvestonense
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S category | |||||||||
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Elphidium gunteri
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S category | |||||||||
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Elphidium incertum
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C category | |||||||||
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Elphidium subarticum
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C category | |||||||||
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Elphidium tumidum
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R category | |||||||||
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Elphidium discoidale
d'Orbigny 1839
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R category | |||||||||
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Hauerinidae
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Quinqueloculina compta
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Quinqueloculina jugosa
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S category | |||||||||
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Quinqueloculina microcosta
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S category | |||||||||
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Quinqueloculina poeyana
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S category | |||||||||
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Quinqueloculina seminula
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C category | |||||||||
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Quinqueloculina lamarckiana
d'Orbigny 1839
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Astrangia danae
Agassiz 1850
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ray et al. 1968 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Halichoerus grypus
(Fabricius 1791)
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Ray et al. 1968 | 36 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crepidula convexa
Say 1822
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A category | |||||||||
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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C category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium championi
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Epitonium humphreysii
(Kiener 1838)
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Epitonium multistriatum
(Say 1826)
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S category | |||||||||
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Epitonium angulatum
(Say 1831)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Cingula norfolkensis
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Cerithiopsis greeni
(Adams 1839)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Cerithiopsis greenii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura caudata
(Say 1822)
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A category | |||||||||
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Atractodon stonei
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Dentimargo aureocincta
(Stearns 1872)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Dentimargo aureocinctus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon canaliculatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus | ||||||||||
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Busycon carica
(Gmelin 1792)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Anachis lafresnayi
(Fischer and Bernardi 1857)
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Kurtziella cerina
(Kurtz and Stimpson 1851)
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Circulus liratus
(Verrill 1882)
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia totteni
Morrison 1954
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| synonym of Hydrobia truncata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Solemyidae
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Solemya velum
Say 1822
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| recombined as Solemya (Petrasma) velum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pleuromeris tridentata
(Say 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina multilineata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
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Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma leana
(Conrad 1831)
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| recombined as Aperiploma lena | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Lyonsiidae
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Lyonsia hyalina
(Conrad 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora gouldiana
Say 1822
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| recombined as Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana | ||||||||||
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Pandora trilineata
Say 1822
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| recombined as Pandora (Pandora) trilineata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis directus
(Conrad 1844)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea truncata
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula contracta
Say 1822
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| recombined as Caryocorbula contracta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Paramya subovata
(Conrad 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliidae
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Bornia longipes
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Mercenaria mercenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gemma purpurea
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Petricola pholadiformis
Lamarck 1818
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| recombined as Petricolaria pholadiformis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Rangia cuneata
(Sowerby 1831)
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta punctata
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium robustum
(Lightfoot 1786)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Cumingia tellinoides
(Conrad 1831)
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A category | |||||||||
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Semele cf. purpurascens
(Gmelin 1791)
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Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina texana
Dall 1900
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Angulus texanus | ||||||||||
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Tellina agilis
Stimpson 1857
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Angulus agilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax parvula
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Donax roemeri
Philippi 1849
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S category | |||||||||
| synonym of Serrula variabilis | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: Donax roemeri protracta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus squamosus
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa
(Say 1822)
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Eontia ponderosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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C category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten gibbus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cribrilinidae
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Membraniporella cf. petasus
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cryptosulidae
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Cryptosula pallasiana
(Moll 1803)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Hippoporidridae
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Hippoporidra calcarea
(Smitt 1873)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella errata
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Microporellidae
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Microporella ciliata
(Pallas 1766)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Electridae
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Electra monostachys
(Busk 1854)
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C category | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Membranipora tenuis
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C category | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hydroides diantthus
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Polychaeta
- Spionida
- Spionidae
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Polydora sp.
Bosk 1801
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C category | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Acredale | Member: | Kempsville | ||
| Local section: | Womack Pit | Local bed: | 3.66 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Collection from 3.66 m above the base of the section, from 1.28 m thick sandstone. Kempsville Member of Acredale Fm. Late Pleistocene in age, presumably from stage 5 (70-125,000 ybp). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",fine,coarse,gray,blue unlithified silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Silty sand, light gray to blue-gray, fine to coarse; cross-bedding in upper part, not apparent in lower part, very fossiliferous, mostly disarticulated shell material, although some bivalves in life position | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive |
| Geology comments: "shallow marine" in stratigraphic column; sublittoral open shelf environment in text | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Collection method comments: Collected by authors. Collections reside in the USNM | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive and authoritative. Includes Foraminifera, Porifera, Coelenterata, Bryozoa, Annelida, in addition to Mollusca. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57705 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-19 21:08:25 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-19 21:08:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15525. | R. S. Spencer and L.D. Campbell. 1987. The fauna and paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene marine sediments of southeastern Virginia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 92(327):1-124 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 16867 | C. E. Ray, A. Wetmore, D. H. Dunkle and P. Drez. 1968. Fossil vertebrates from the marine Pleistocene of southeastern Virginia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 153(3):1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |