TU 77 - Burwell Bay [Yorktown Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Evans

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudotorinia nupera Conrad 1834
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
Hendy et al. 2008 33 specimens
synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum (Conrad 1842)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) alticostata (Conrad 1834)
Hendy et al. 2008 53 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ptychosalpinx sp. Gill 1867
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Ptychosalpinx fossulata
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirosoma sulcosa (Conrad 1830)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Astyris communis (Conrad 1862)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Costoanachis avara (Say 1822)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Colombella avara
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum carolinensis
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora quadricostata (Conrad 1830)
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Urosalpinx trossulus
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira heros (Say 1822)
Hendy et al. 2008 13 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia incile (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 34 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Costaglycymeris subovata (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Placopecten clintonius (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Chesapecten jeffersonius (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
Chesapecten madisonius (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 23 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
Hendy et al. 2008 12 specimens
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Hendy et al. 2008 46 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque 1820)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina crenulatus (Conrad 1840)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
recombined as Parvilucina crenulata
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
"Thracia" sp. Blainville 1824
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus fistula (Lea 1843)
Hendy et al. 2008 26 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula conradi (Gardner 1944)
Hendy et al. 2008 17 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama corticosa
Hendy et al. 2008 16 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia metastriata
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
[entered as Gouldia metastriatum]
Agriopoma sayana (Conrad 1833)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
synonym of Pitar morrhuanus
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Chione cribraria (Conrad 1843)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta acclinis (Conrad 1832)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
Hendy et al. 2008 71 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Moerella declivis (Conrad 1834)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobiidae indet. Fleming 1828
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele subovata (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea reflexa
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte undulata Say 1824
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
recombined as Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Pteromeris tridentata
Hendy et al. 2008 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium carolinense
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Isle of Wight
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 76.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 76.0° 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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yorktown
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Eastover Fm (Late Miocene), and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. It is unknown from which member of the Yorktown Formation that this collection is derived. AGE: Early to early-Late Pliocene on the basis of known age-range of the Yorktown Formation (Ward, 1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of visual inspection of collection.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collectors:Evans
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: D. Evans. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, FL.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, C. Ferguson, and D. Buick, in reference to Gardner (1947), and subsequent publications.
Metadata
Database number:79709
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-18 21:13:35 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-18 21:13:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31182. E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

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]