TU 559 - Neils Eddy Landing [Waccamaw Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, North Carolina
collected by Vokes & Vokes
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Aequipecten eboreus
Conrad 1833
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira sp.
Swainson 1840
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Compsodrillia chowanensis
Gardner 1948
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Bostrycapulus aculeatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 70 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus virginica
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus communis
Röding 1798
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella (Egouena) sp.
Jousseaume 1875
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Prunum (Microspira) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx sp.
Stimpson 1865
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon sp.
Röding 1798
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Busycon contrarium
Conrad 1840
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Uzita cf. suffolkensis
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita) | ||||||||||
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Ilyanassa schizapyga
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Fusinus exilis
Dall 1890
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina sp.
Mörch 1852
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticarius sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Neverita duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Euspira heros
(Say 1822)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Solariellidae
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Solariella gemma
(Tuomey and Holmes 1856)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma virginicum
(Conrad 1875)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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"Ostrea" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 57 specimens | ||||||||
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 30 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 133 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten jeffersonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| [entered as Chesapecten jeffersonianus] | ||||||||||
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Amusium mortoni
(Ravenel 1844)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Argopecten erboreus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymerella tumulus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 75 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Axinactis (Glycymerella) | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 232 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia sp.
Gray 1857
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Rasia) sp.
(Gray 1857)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
(Say 1832)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica
(Tuomey and Holmes 1857)
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Vokes 1969 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bellucina waccamawensis
(Dall 1903)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Linga sp.
de Gregorio 1885
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| [entered as Stewartia anadonta] | ||||||||||
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Miltha sp.
(Adams and Adams 1857)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora (Clidiophora) tuorneyi
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Clidiophora | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Hemimactra modicella
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Spisula cf. solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Hemimactra solidissima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia sp.
Adams 1847
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
(Conrad 1834)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Transenella sp.
(Dall 1884)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Transennella | ||||||||||
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Mercenaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Lirophora sp.
Conrad 1863
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
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Chione grus
(Holmes 1858)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Timoclea grus | ||||||||||
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama corticosa
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Arcinella cornuta
Conrad 1866
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 35 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Phlyctiderma sp.
Dall 1899
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium sublineatum
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 35 specimens | ||||||||
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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) muricatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Trachycardium isocardia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Strigilla sp.
Turton 1822
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele bellastriata
(Conrad 1837)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| [entered as Semele bellestriata] | ||||||||||
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Ervilia sp.
Turton 1822
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Ervilia sp.
Turton 1822
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis veritis
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 29 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pteromeris perplana
(Dall 1903)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 86 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Columbus |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 78.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 77.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waccamaw | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waccamaw Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy siltstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, fine-grained siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| 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: | FLMNH,USNM |
| Collectors: | Vokes & Vokes |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H. and E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, Florida; USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropod and bivalvia. TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1943) [PBDB Ref# 16984]. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80035 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy, K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-01 20:34:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-04-01 20:34:49 |
| 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] | |
| 31134 | H. E. Vokes. 1969. The anadarid subgenus Caloosarca in the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(1):1-40 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |