MCZ C. Jones Loc. 12 [St Mary's Fm]: Late/Upper Miocene, Virginia
collected by Jones
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma bellum
(Conrad 1834)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella subvariabilis
d'Orbigny 1852
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Planaxidae
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Fossarus dalli
Anderson and Martin 1914
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) costatum
(Say 1820)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora sp.
Conrad 1843
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten sp.
Ward and Blackwelder 1975
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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119 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon maxilliata
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea sp.
Sacco 1897
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia centenaria
(Say 1824)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Striarca centenaria | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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9 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | |||||||
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula inaequalis
(Say 1824)
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21 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Corbula inaequalis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
(Conrad 1838)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | King and Queen |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 75.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | St Mary's | Member: | Windmill Point |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Windmill Point Mbr of the St Mary's Fm, Chesapeake Group. AGE: Late Miocene (equivalent to Tortonian) according to Ward (1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Isognomon maxillatum zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,green,blue unlithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sticky bue-green clay. 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 |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
| Collectors: | Jones |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Carol Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecologic fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Glenn (1904), Ward (1992), and Petuch (2004). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79756 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-22 13:23:35 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-22 13:23:35 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 26931 | C. C. Jones. 1976. The biology and evolution of Chione (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the eastern coastal plains of North America. Unpublished Ph.D thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |