PRI Loc. 1525 (sample 1, replicate B) [Yorktown Fm]: Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Echinodea indet.
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula spinulosa
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
(Conrad 1842)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella duplinensis
Gardner and Aldrich 1919
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis granifera
(Say 1824)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella carolinae
Gardner 1948
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9 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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"Trophon" tetricus
(Conrad 1832)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Boreotrophon tetricus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum carolinensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Carditamera arata
(Conrad 1832)
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Pteromeris perplana
(Dall 1903)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Pleuromeris tridentata
(Say 1826)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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22 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea reflexa
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis directus
(Conrad 1844)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula conradi
(Gardner 1944)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia congesta
(Conrad 1833)
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119 specimens | ||||||
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Hemimactra modicella
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris duplinensis
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia sp.
Gray 1857
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea sculpturata
(Conrad 1840)
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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10 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten eborea
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | |||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 78.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 77.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yorktown | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Yorktown Formation. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse, sandy marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, restricted/sheltered, fine-grained siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, in reference to Glenn (1904), Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Ward (1992), and Ward and Gillinsky (1993). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79248 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-28 21:11:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-02-28 21:11:59 |
| 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] |