Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 75.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moore House Member (Yorktown Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Harris in 1890; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78262: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
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Peristernia filicata snail
Fusinus exilis Dall 1890 snail | |
Anachis harrisii, "Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
Anachis harrisii snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Busycotypus incile whelk
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827 snail | |
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Marginella bella margin shell | |
Serpulorbis granulifera worm shell | |
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Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Fossarus lyra snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 clam | |
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens Conrad 1838 clam | |
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam | |
"Bornia triangulata" = Donax triangulata
"Bornia triangulata" = Donax triangulata Anderson and Martin 1914 clam | |
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam | |
"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa, Parvilucina crenulata
"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa Rogers and Rogers 1837 clam
Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |