Station 2249b [Moore House Mbr, Yorktown Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Harris 1890
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lingulata
- Discinida
- Disciniidae
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Discinisca lugubris
(Conrad 1834)
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium attenuatum
Say 1824
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus thallus
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia incile
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea sculpturata
(Conrad 1840)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten edgecombensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Marvacrassatella undulata
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte coheni
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula inaequalis
Say 1824
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium acutilaqueatum
(Conrad 1839)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Cumingia tellinoides
(Conrad 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina propetenella
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Tellina declivis
Conrad 1834
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recombined as Moerella declivis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta acclinis
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Pleiorytis centenaria
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama corticosta
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Chama congregata
Conrad 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia congesta
(Conrad 1833)
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"Spisula" sp.
Gray 1837
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"Spisula" modicella
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Leptomactra delumbis
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora arenosa
Conrad 1834
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recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora redimicula
(Say 1824)
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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Calliostoma philanthropus
(Conrad 1834)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina candei
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. alticostata
Conrad 1834
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recombined as Turritella (Turritella) alticostata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicata
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Ilyanassa granifera
(Conrad 1868)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora quadricostata
(Conrad 1830)
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | York |
Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 75.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Yorktown | Member: | Moore House | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Moore House Mbr. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively shallow shelf depths. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UNSM | ||
Collectors: | Harris | Collection dates: | 1890 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive (as commented by Ward 1993, p. 3), but includes fairly comprehensive lists of characteristic gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Lists compiled by R. Arnold, based on identifications by Harris, with nomenclature subsequently revised by Ward to a modern standard, with species-resolution assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 78270 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-31 20:34:27 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-31 20:34:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26351. | L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |