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