Saltilla River - Aldrich (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Georgia (31.2° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Charlton Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified marl

• marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: T. H. Aldrich. 1911. Notes on some Pliocene fossils from Georgia, with descriptions of new species. Nautilus 24:138-140 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164698: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 11.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis antiquatus
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina sp.
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
too poor for identification
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides cancelloides, Potamides saltillensis
Potamides cancelloides Aldrich 1911 horn snail
Potamides saltillensis Aldrich 1911 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp.
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
fragments
 Sorbeoconcha - Amnicolidae
Amnicola georgiensis, Amnicola saltillensis, Amnicola expansilabris
Amnicola georgiensis Aldrich 1911 snail
Amnicola saltillensis Aldrich 1911 snail
Amnicola expansilabris Aldrich 1911 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Paludestrina plana
Paludestrina plana Aldrich 1911 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Rangia cuneata, Mulinia lateralis, Mulinia congesta
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam
common, rather small
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma purpurea, Dosinia sp.
Gemma purpurea venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
young shells
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolaria sp.
Modiolaria sp. Loven 1846 mussel