Sample# 17b - 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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Crucibulum striatum
Say 1826
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S category | |||||||||
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Pronum roscidum
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S category | |||||||||
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Neopanope texana
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S category | |||||||||
| Subspecies: Neopanope texana sayi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podiceps auritus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta bernicla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Morus bassanus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax auritus
(Lesson 1831)
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R category | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus hyperboreus
Gunnerus 1767
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R category | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Pinguinus impennis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
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Uria aalge
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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R category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Halichoerus grypus
(Fabricius 1791)
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S category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Prionotus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Cynoscion sp.
Gill 1861
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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Lophius sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Pogonias sp.
Lacépède 1802
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Batrachoidiformes
- Batrachoididae
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Opsanus sp.
Rafinesque 1818
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R category | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Gadidae
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Gadus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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R category | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Cryptosulidae
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Cryptosula pallasiana
(Moll 1803)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella errata
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C category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla interrupta
(Totten 1835)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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C category | |||||||||
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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C category | |||||||||
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Crepidula convexa
Say 1822
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S category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
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Lunatia heros
(Say 1822)
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Euspira heros | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma cryptospira
(Verrill 1884)
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R category | |||||||||
| synonym of Teinostoma umbilicatum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum cooperi
Smith 1860
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C category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella lunata
(Say 1826)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Astyris lunata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Hinia) trivittatus
(Say 1822)
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Ilyanassa trivittata | ||||||||||
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Nassarius (Ilyanassa) obsoletus
(Say 1822)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinulum undatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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R category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Buccinum undatum | ||||||||||
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Colus pygmaeus
(Gould 1841)
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R category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon carica
(Gmelin 1792)
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C category | |||||||||
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Busycon canaliculatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Kurtziella cerina
(Kurtz and Stimpson 1851)
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S category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra concava
(Say 1827)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Strioterebrum concava | ||||||||||
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Terebra dislocata
(Say 1822)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Strioterebrum dislocatum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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C category | |||||||||
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Oliva sayana
Ravenel 1834
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Dentimargo aureocincta
(Stearns 1872)
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Dentimargo aureocinctus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Atractodon stonei
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Urosalpinx cinerea
(Say 1822)
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Eupleura caudata
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Musculus lateralis
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus squamosus
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C category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten gibbus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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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
- 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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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium robustum
(Lightfoot 1786)
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S category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina texana
Dall 1900
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Angulus texanus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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A category | |||||||||
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Petricola pholadiformis
Lamarck 1818
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Petricolaria pholadiformis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
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Rangia cuneata
(Sowerby 1831)
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C category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliidae
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Bornia longipes
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S category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula contracta
Say 1822
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Caryocorbula contracta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea truncata
(Say 1822)
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R category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis directus
(Conrad 1844)
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A category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora gouldiana
Say 1822
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S category | |||||||||
| recombined as Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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S category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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S category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia borealis
(Conrad 1831)
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R category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte castanea
(Say 1822)
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S category | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Epialtidae
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Libinia emarginata
Leach 1815
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Libinia dubia
Milne-Edwards 1834
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S category | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cancridae
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Cancer irroratus
Say 1817
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S category | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Ocypodidae
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Ocypode sp.
Weber 1795
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Malacostraca
- Amphipoda
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Amphipoda indet.
Latreille 1816
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus improvisus
Darwin 1854
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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: | 4.94 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Collection from 4.94 m above the base of the section, from 0.61 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: Sand, white to light brown-gray. medium to coarse, some pebbles and granules, shell material broken and abraded with some whole specimens, some in-situ specimens. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive |
| Geology comments: "nearshore marine" in stratigraphic column | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
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: | 57706 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-19 21:12:19 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-19 21:12:19 |
| 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] |