Yorktown Formation: Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Petuch
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Paranassa arata
(Say 1824)
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| recombined as Ilyanassa arata | |||||||
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Calophos plicatile
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Celatoconus nux
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| spelled with current rank as Pisania (Celatoconus) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon maximum
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Sinistrofulgur contrarium
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| synonym of Busycon | |||||||
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Busycotypus incile
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Contraconus adversarius
(Conrad 1840)
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| recombined as Conus (Contraconus) adversarius | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora quadricostata
(Conrad 1830)
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Urosalpinx phrikina
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Vokesinotus lepidotus
(Dall 1890)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 75.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yorktown | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Yorktown Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: A Pliocene age is assigned to the collection following Ward (1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Petuch |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Petuch. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa miscellaneously mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96535 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-11 16:22:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-06-11 16:22:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31112. | E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |