PRI Loc. 1619 (sample 2, replicate B) - Duplin Fm: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina
collected by Smith 1937

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aequipecten eboreus Conrad 1833
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella duplinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
1 specimen
recombined as Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella carolinae Gardner 1948
5 specimens
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Thiariella) styliola
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum carolinae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
1 specimen
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
14 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
3 specimens
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987
19 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Cardiolucina postalveata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Transenella carolinensis
32 specimens
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta (Conrad 1834)
9 specimens
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
92 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele (Semelina) nuculoides
3 specimens
Ervilia lata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus (Conrad 1844)
16 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
1 specimen
Pleuromeris tridentata (Say 1826)
2 specimens
Pteromeris perplana (Dall 1903)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
1 specimen
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella acuta (Conrad 1832)
3 specimens
recombined as Nuculana acuta
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Duplin
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 78.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 77.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Duplin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Duplin Formation. AGE: Late Pliocene. Campbell (1974) suggested an age of zone N-20, or about 3.0-3.5 Ma for the type section of the Duplin Fm at Natural Well, late Pliocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "Brown phase".
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
Collectors:Smith Collection dates:1937
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Smith, April 2, 1937. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1943) [PBDB Ref# 16984], Campbell and Campbell (1995) and Ward (1992) [16985].
Metadata
Database number:79342
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-02 21:11:13 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-03-02 21:11:13
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]