TU 856 [Rushmere Mbr, Yorktown Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Vokes

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium carolinensis
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella plebeia Say 1824
Hendy et al. 2008 16 specimens
recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
Hendy et al. 2008 10 specimens
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus virginica
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx sp. Stimpson 1865
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Ecphora sp. Conrad 1843
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa sp. Stimpson 1865
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirosoma sulcosa (Conrad 1830)
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia heros (Say 1822)
Hendy et al. 2008 4 specimens
recombined as Euspira heros
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma virginicum (Conrad 1875)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachiodontes sp. Swainson 1840
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy et al. 2008 31 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
Hendy et al. 2008 9 specimens
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chesapecten madisonianis
Hendy et al. 2008 14 specimens
Chesapecten jeffersonius (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 18 specimens
[entered as Chesapecten jeffersonianis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
Hendy et al. 2008 33 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia incile (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 7 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca centenaria (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia cf. anodonta (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis (Say 1822)
Hendy et al. 2008 5 specimens
Hemimactra solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
Hendy et al. 2008 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia fraterna Say 1824
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Glossus fraterna
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
Hendy et al. 2008 18 specimens
Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum (Conrad 1832)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
recombined as Dosinia acetabulum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama corticosa
Hendy et al. 2008 8 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp. Bronn 1831
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele bellastriata (Conrad 1837)
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
[entered as Semele belestriata]
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea goldfussii Wagner 1839
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Hendy et al. 2008 15 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
Hendy et al. 2008 36 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Hendy et al. 2008 1 specimen
Astarte (Astarotha) concentrica Conrad 1834
Hendy et al. 2008 69 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 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yorktown Member:Rushmere
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from Rushmere Mbr of 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:Vokes
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.E. Vokes. 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:80036
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy, K. Bulinski
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-01 20:41:16 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-01 20:41:16
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]