Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co. - Cape May Fm (Pleistocene): Pleistocene, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium rupicolum (Kurtz 1860)
recombined as Epitonium rupicola
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Crepidula convexa Say 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius vibex (Say 1822)
Nassarius obsoletus (Say 1822)
recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta
Nassarius trivittatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Ilyanassa trivittata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus
Busycon carica (Gmelin 1792)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata (Say 1822)
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Retusa canaliculata (Say 1826)
recombined as Acteocina canaliculata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara transversa (Say 1822)
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Middlesex
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 74.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 74.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1933) and MacClintock and Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Metadata
Also known as:New Jersey Loc. 3
Database number:66601
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-11 11:41:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2007-10-11 11:41:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18974. H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]