Station 2251 [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
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium attenuatum
Say 1824
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. alticostata
Conrad 1834
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| recombined as Turritella (Turritella) alticostata | ||||||||||
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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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Crepidula spinosa
Conrad 1843
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| synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus | ||||||||||
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Crucibulum constrictum
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia heros
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Euspira heros | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella sp.
Swainson 1831
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia laevis
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea sculpturata
(Conrad 1840)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia incile
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca centenaria
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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Mercenaria tridacnoides
(Lamarck 1818)
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| recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis tridacnoides | ||||||||||
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Pitar sayana
(Conrad 1833)
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| synonym of Pitar morrhuanus | ||||||||||
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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| SUBSPECIES: G. magna virginiana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus fistula
(Lea 1843)
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina crenulatus
(Conrad 1840)
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| recombined as Parvilucina crenulata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Marvacrassatella undulata
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Gloucester |
| 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: | 78271 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-31 20:37:30 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-31 20:37:30 |
| 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] |