Silverdale Marl Quarry: Late/Upper Oligocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Calyptraea trochiformis
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Ecphoa quadricostata
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Leiostricus sp.
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus conradinus
d'Orbigny 1852
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea georgiana
Conrad 1834
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula densata
Conrad 1843
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia ruffini
Conrad 1843
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Anomia onslowensis n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Dimarzipecten crocus
(Ward 1992)
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Pecten elixatus
Conrad 1846
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Pecten trentensis
Harris 1919
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Rebeccapecten trentensis | ||||||||||
Rebeccapecten berryae
Ward 1992
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris anteparilis
Kellum 1926
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Cunearca silverdalensis
(Kellum 1926)
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Anomalocardia floridana
(Conrad 1846)
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recombined as Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana | ||||||||||
Arca silverdalensis
Kellum 1926
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia trentensis
Ward 1992
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Venericardia granulata
Say 1824
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Cyclocardia granulata | ||||||||||
Venericardia nodifera
Kellum 1926
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte onslowensis
Kellum 1926
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Astarte claytonrayi
Ward 1992
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
subspecies silverdalensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium midyetti n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Dinocardium taphrium
(Dall 1900)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax idoneus
Conrad 1872
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona lamellacea
(Kellum 1926)
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Mercenaria capax
(Conrad 1843)
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Venus erecta
Kellum 1926
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Mercenaria erecta | ||||||||||
Venus gardnerae
Kellum 1926
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Mercenaria gardnerae | ||||||||||
Chione spada
(Dall 1903)
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original and current combination Chione (Chamelea) spada | ||||||||||
Macrocallista acuminata
Dall 1903
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recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata | ||||||||||
Macrocallista tia
Kellum 1926
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
n. subspecies striata | ||||||||||
Callista neusensis
(Harris 1919)
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
original and current combination Meretrix neusensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta alta
Dall 1890
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recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bicorbula idonea
(Conrad 1833)
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Corbula idonea
Conrad 1833
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Bicorbula idonea | ||||||||||
Corbula burnsi
Dall 1937
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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Phacoides nocariensis
Kellum 1926
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Phacoides silicatus
Mansfield 1937
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum constrictum
(Conrad 1842)
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum | ||||||||||
Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura harbisoni n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Rapana vaughani
Mansfield 1937
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
Tritonopsis gilletti
(Richards 1943)
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Rapana gilletti n. sp.
Richards 1943
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recombined as Tritonopsis gilletti | ||||||||||
Tritonopsis biconica
(Dall 1915)
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Ecphora tampaensis
(Dall 1890)
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Coralliophila cumberlandia
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Murex kellumi n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Murex davisi n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Typhis siphonifera
Dall 1915
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recombined as Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Scaphella stromboidella
Kellum 1926
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Lyria carolinensis
Kellum 1926
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva posti
Dall 1915
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recombined as Oliva (Oliva) posti | ||||||||||
Olivella gardnerae n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus postalveatus
Kellum 1926
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra whitfieldi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon spiniger
Conrad 1865
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subspecies onslowensis | ||||||||||
Busycon spiniger
Conrad 1865
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subspecies onslowensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Siphonalia migrans
(Conrad 1843)
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recombined as Mariafusus migrans | ||||||||||
Fusinus trentensis n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Fusinus hoffmani
Ward 1992
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices judsoni
(Maury 1910)
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Richards 1943 | |||||||||
original and current combination Natica judsoni | ||||||||||
Polinices hemicrypta
(Gabb 1860)
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recombined as Lunatia hemicrypta | ||||||||||
Sinum imperforatum
Dall 1915
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Polinices duplicata
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella fuerta
Kellum 1926
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Turritella tampae
Heilprin 1887
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides silverdalensis n. sp.
Richards 1943
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diadora chipolana
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original and current combination Diodora | ||||||||||
n. var. caroliniana | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Onslow |
Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 77.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 71.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | Foram zone: | N3 |
Age range of interval: | 28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Belgrade | Member: | Haywood Landing | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: JA: said to be early Miocene, but the Haywood Landing Member belongs to planktonic foram zone N3, which is late Oligocene (Rossbach and Carter 1991) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,yellow poorly lithified calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: AMNH (AMNH Loc. 1059) | |
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Kellum (1926) [PBDB Ref# 11173]. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Gillette marl pits | ||
Database number: | 71652 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-02 12:45:48 | Last modified: | 2019-10-11 16:50:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-02 12:45:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16985. | L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
70457 | H. G. Richards. 1943. Additions to the Fauna of the Trent Marl of North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 17(5):518-526 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |