Where: Sampson County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 77.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Duplin Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. From Siple (1957) "The Duplin in South Carolina is considered to be equivalent to the upper Yorktown of Virginia and the Cancellaria biofacies within the Choctawhatchee stage of Florida." AGE: Late Pliocene. Campbell (1974) suggested an age of zone N-20, or about 3.0-3.5 Ma for the type section of the Duplin Fm at Natural Well, late Pliocene age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections.
Primary reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59327: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail | |
"Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) carolinensis" = Akleistostoma carolinensis
"Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) carolinensis" = Akleistostoma carolinensis Conrad 1841 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara carolinensis" = Barbatia carolinensis, "Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
"Anadara carolinensis" = Barbatia carolinensis Conrad 1849 clam
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
"Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius
"Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius Say 1824 clam | |
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, "Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
"Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
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Tellina sp., "Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica
"Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam Also includes: A. (A.) concentrica conradi
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"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata, "Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana
"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam |