Also known as Maryland Loc. 1
Where: Worcester County, Maryland (38.6° N, 75.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pamlico Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Shattock (1906), Smith (1920), Richards (1936), Blake (1955). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66706: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2006
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Thais haemastoma floridana murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 soft-shelled clam | |
Barnea costata piddock | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 razor clam | |
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Aequipecten irradians" = Argopecten irradians
"Aequipecten irradians" = Argopecten irradians Lamarck 1819 calico scallop | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 eastern oyster | |
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 ribbed horsemussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper limpet
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle | |
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 dove shell | |
Nassarius vibex, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail | |
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus Say 1822 snail |