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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Fossarus lyra snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
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Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
Marginella bella margin shell | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail | |
Peristernia filicata snail
Fusinus exilis Dall 1890 snail | |
Busycotypus incile whelk
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
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Anachis harrisii, "Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
Anachis harrisii snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827 snail | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Serpulorbis granulifera worm shell | |
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum, Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens Conrad 1838 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 clam | |
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Kuphus fistula Lea 1843 clam | |
"Bornia triangulata" = Donax triangulata
"Bornia triangulata" = Donax triangulata Anderson and Martin 1914 clam | |
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog | |
"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa, Parvilucina crenulata
"Ctena speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa Rogers and Rogers 1837 clam
Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 |