AMNH bulk sample [Pamlico Fm]: Late/Upper Pleistocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo castanea
Gmelin 1791
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castanea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium eburneum
Bruguière 1792
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita (Neverita) duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Sinum maculata
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Ilyanassa granifera
(Conrad 1868)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Nassarius (Nassarius) sp.
Duméril 1806
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon spiratum
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Busycotypus spiratus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Olivella) mutica
(Say 1822)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Oliva (Oliva) carolinensis
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81 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum limatulum
(Conrad 1834)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx stimpsoni
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Eupleura caudata
(Say 1822)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Niso sp.
Risso 1826
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten gibbus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Noetia) limula
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium robustum
(Lightfoot 1786)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Ervilia sp.
Turton 1822
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208 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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"Donax" cf. fossor
Say 1822
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| COMMENTS: Listed as "Chione cancellata" | ||||||||||
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Mercenaria mercenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
(Solander 1786)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Transenella sp.
(Dall 1884)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Transennella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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132 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Raeta plicatella
(Lamarck 1818)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula contracta
(Say 1822)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora (Pandora) tuomeyi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Cavilinga trisulcata
(Conrad 1841)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Divalinga (Divalinga) quadrisulcatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Linga waccamawensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| COMMENTS: Listed as "Bellucina waccamawensis" | ||||||||||
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Callucina (Callucina) radians
(Conrad 1841)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Callucina keenae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Hyde |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 76.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 76.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | Pamlico | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (possibly Pamlico or Sand Bridge Formation). AGE: Late Pleistocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Old and Jacobson. REPOSITORY: AMNH. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Spencer and Campbell (1987) [PBDB Ref# 15525]. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AMNH-1 | ||
| Database number: | 69045 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-15 15:56:38 | Last modified: | 2014-08-15 12:05:12 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-02-15 15:56:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |