Haulover Inlet, Zone 14-15: Serravallian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella plebeia
Say 1824
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| recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia | ||||||||||
| subspecies plebeia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus marylandica
(Schoonover 1941)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria cuneata
Conrad 1869
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma contracta
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon (Hippochaeta) sp.
()
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten nefrens
Ward and Blackwlder 1975
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| recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Westmoreland |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° North, 73.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Calvert | Member: | Calvert Beach |
| Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 14-16 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mollusk Zone 12
Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,green unlithified argillaceous,silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: sand; silty, clayey, olive-brown | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71642 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-05-02 11:39:47 | Last modified: | 2022-03-03 05:33:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-02 11:39:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16985. | L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |