Where: North Carolina (34.9° N, 78.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° N, 76.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yorktown Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Yorktown Formation. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79249: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Pseudochama corticosa jewel box | |
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 razor clam | |
Noetia sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca)
"Lunarca sp." = Anadara (Lunarca) Gray 1857 ark | |
Glycymeris duplinensis bittersweet clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Ostrea compressirostris oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 spiny slipper shell | |
"Turritella duplinensis" = Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis
"Turritella duplinensis" = Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919 turret shell | |
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
""Trophon" tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus
""Trophon" tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus Conrad 1832 murex snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae Gardner 1948 olive snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Strioterebrum carolinensis auger snail | |
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827 snail | |
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |