Where: Cumberland County, New Jersey (39.5° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 70.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Shiloh Marl Member (Kirkwood Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. Equivalent in age and slightly older than the Calvert Formaiton of Maryland and Virginia. Overlain by the Cohansey Sand with a time transgressive contact, Kirkwood Formation is Burdigalian-Langhian in age.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, argillaceous, silty mudstone and pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections. During the last century (written in 1942) when the marl industry was flourishing, there were numerous pits in this vicinity and fossils could easily be obtained from these diggings. According to Cook (1868) the material cam especially from the tributaries of Stow Creek. None of these pits are accessible at the present time except the Ayres Pits, which were reopened some 20 years ago.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards and A. Harbison. 1942. Miocene invertebrate fauna of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 94:167-250 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59335: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail | |
"Fissuridea griscomi" = Diodora griscomi
"Fissuridea griscomi" = Diodora griscomi Conrad 1834 snail | |
Calliostoma eboreum top snail | |
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell
Turritella aequistriata Conrad 1863 turret shell
Turritella cumberlandia Conrad 1863 turret shell | |
? Fossarus lyra snail
Fossarus dalli Anderson and Martin 1914 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, "Crucibulum costatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
"Crucibulum costatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata Say 1820 slipper shell | |
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, Polinices tuomeyi, "Polinices heros" = Euspira heros, "Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta, Sinum fragile
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Polinices tuomeyi moon snail
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta Gabb 1860 moon snail
Sinum fragile moon snail | |
Seila clavulus snail | |
Triphora terebrata snail | |
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis, Mitrella laevis
Mitrella laevis snail | |
"Coralliophila cumberlandiana" = Murexiella cumberlandiana, "Muricidea shilohensis" = Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis
"Coralliophila cumberlandiana" = Murexiella cumberlandiana Gabb 1860 murex snail
"Muricidea shilohensis" = Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis Heilprin 1887 murex snail | |
Melanella retrocita snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda liciata" = Nuculana liciata
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Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Nucula sinaria, "Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Nucula sinaria Dall 1898 nut clam
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Modiola inflata" = Modiolus ducatellii Conrad 1840 mussel
Mytilus incurvus mussel
Lithophaga subalveata Conrad 1866 mussel | |
"Chlamys (Lyropecten) madisonia" = Chesapecten madisonius, Pecten humphreysii
"Chlamys (Lyropecten) madisonia" = Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop "Pecten madisonius" in Richards and Harbison (1942)
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Plicatula inornata scallop
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Ostrea percrassa" = Pycnodonte percrassa
"Ostrea percrassa" = Pycnodonte percrassa Conrad 1840 oyster | |
"Arca centenaria" = Striarca centenaria, "Arca marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica
"Arca centenaria" = Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam
"Arca marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica Conrad 1840 clam | |
Glycymeris parilis Conrad 1843 clam | |
Sportella whitfieldi Dall 1900 clam | |
"Cardium patuxentium" = Chesacardium craticuloides
"Cardium patuxentium" = Chesacardium craticuloides Conrad 1845 cockle | |
Semele burnsi clam
Semele johnsoni clam | |
Tellina peracuta tellin clam
Tellina capillifera tellin clam
"Tellina (Moerella) declivis" = Moerella declivis Conrad 1834 tellin clam "Tellina declivis" in Richards and Harbison (1942)
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Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam
Diplodonta shilohensis Dall 1900 clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Venus submercenaria, "Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria, "Venus ducatelli" = Mercenaria ducatelli, "Antigona staminea" = Melosia staminea, "Clementia inoceriformis" = Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis
Venus submercenaria venus clam
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
"Venus ducatelli" = Mercenaria ducatelli Conrad 1838 quahog
"Antigona staminea" = Melosia staminea Conrad 1838 venus clam
"Clementia inoceriformis" = Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis Wagner 1839 venus clam | |
Mactra clathrodon Lea 1833 clam | |
Mya producta Conrad 1838 softshell clam | |
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata, Corbula inaequalis
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838 clam
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
"Saxicava myaeformis" = Hiatella, "Saxicava parilis" = Hiatella, "Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica, Panopea whifieldi
"Saxicava myaeformis" = Hiatella clam
"Saxicava parilis" = Hiatella clam
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Panopea whifieldi clam | |
Periploma peralta Conrad 1863 clam | |
"Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina Conrad 1832 clam | |
Cardita aculeata, "Cardita arata" = Carditamera arata
Cardita aculeata clam
"Cardita arata" = Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Astarte distans Conrad 1862 clam
Astarte thomasii Conrad 1855 clam | |
Polyplacophora | |
Chaetopleura apiculata Say 1830 chiton | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia danae Agassiz 1850 stony coral |