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 cross-bedded, upper facies of the Moore House Mbr.
• 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 78266: 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 | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
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 | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Conus marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Ilyanassa procina snail | |
Peristernia filicata snail | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Busycon maximus whelk | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute | |
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum, Marginella sp.
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Modiolus ducateli mussel | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam | |
Margaritaria abrupta Conrad 1832 clam | |
Cyrtopleura arcuata clam | |
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum Conrad 1839 cockle | |
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Dosinia acetabulum, Mercenaria sp., "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, Pleiorytis centenaria, "Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, Gemma magna
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Pleiorytis centenaria venus clam
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Rangia clathrodon clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam |