Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.6° N, 75.2° W (Wright 2013)
• 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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Parvilucina crenulata, "Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa
Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam
"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa Rogers and Rogers 1837 clam | |
Bornia triangula Glenn 1904 clam | |
Gouldia metastriata, Gemma magna virginiana, Pleiorytis centenaria, Dosinia acetabulum, Mercenaria sp.
Gemma magna virginiana Dall 1903 venus clam
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog | |
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 wrinkled rock-borer | |
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 razor clam | |
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens Conrad 1838 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper limpet
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 spiny slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Fossarus lyra snail | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Anachis harrisii, "Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
Anachis harrisii dove shell
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 dove shell | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk
Busycotypus incile whelk | |
Peristernia filicata snail
Fusinus exilis Dall 1890 spindle shell | |
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Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827 snail | |
Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail | |
Marginella bella margin shell | |
Serpulorbis granulifera worm shell | |
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"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 |