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
Polyplacophora | |
Chaetopleura apiculata Say 1830 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
Triphora terebrata snail | |
Seila clavulus snail | |
Sinum fragile, Polinices tuomeyi, "Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, "Polinices heros" = Euspira heros, "Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta
Sinum fragile moon snail
Polinices tuomeyi moon snail
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta Gabb 1860 moon snail | |
Mitrella laevis, "Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
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 | |
"Crucibulum costatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata, "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata
"Crucibulum costatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata Say 1820 slipper shell
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Melanella retrocita snail | |
? Fossarus lyra, "Fossarus dalli" = Fossarus barkeri
? Fossarus lyra snail
"Fossarus dalli" = Fossarus barkeri Hanna 1924 snail | |
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell
Turritella cumberlandia Conrad 1863 turret shell
Turritella aequistriata Conrad 1863 turret shell | |
Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail | |
Calliostoma eboreum top snail | |
"Fissuridea griscomi" = Diodora griscomi
"Fissuridea griscomi" = Diodora griscomi Conrad 1834 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula inornata scallop
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
"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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"Ostrea percrassa" = Pycnodonte percrassa
"Ostrea percrassa" = Pycnodonte percrassa Conrad 1840 oyster | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Glycymeris parilis Conrad 1843 clam | |
"Arca centenaria" = Striarca centenaria, "Arca marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica
"Arca centenaria" = Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam
"Arca marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica Conrad 1840 clam | |
Mytilus incurvus mussel
Lithophaga subalveata Conrad 1866 mussel
"Modiola inflata" = Modiolus ducatellii Conrad 1840 mussel | |
"Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Phacoides crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Panopea whifieldi, "Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Saxicava myaeformis" = Hiatella, "Saxicava parilis" = Hiatella
Panopea whifieldi clam
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Saxicava myaeformis" = Hiatella clam
"Saxicava parilis" = Hiatella clam | |
Periploma peralta Conrad 1863 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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Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Diplodonta shilohensis Dall 1900 clam
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Mactra clathrodon Lea 1833 clam | |
"Clementia inoceriformis" = Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis, "Venus ducatelli" = Mercenaria ducatelli, "Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus submercenaria, "Antigona staminea" = Melosia staminea
"Clementia inoceriformis" = Clementia (Clementia) inoceriformis Wagner 1839 venus clam
"Venus ducatelli" = Mercenaria ducatelli Conrad 1838 quahog
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Venus submercenaria venus clam
"Antigona staminea" = Melosia staminea Conrad 1838 venus 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 | |
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina
"Eucrassatella melina" = Marvacrassatella melina Conrad 1832 clam | |
Astarte distans Conrad 1862 clam
Astarte thomasii Conrad 1855 clam | |
"Cardita arata" = Carditamera arata, Cardita aculeata
"Cardita arata" = Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Cardita aculeata clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima, Nucula sinaria
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
Nucula sinaria Dall 1898 nut clam | |
"Leda liciata" = Nuculana liciata
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Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia danae Agassiz 1850 stony coral |