Also known as Vermont Loc. 7
Where: Chittenden County, Vermont (44.5° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 73.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. AGE: Two Creeks Interstadial (Terasmae, 1959), Pleistocene (Richards 1962); various radiocarbon dates around 11,300-9,500 years ago.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Howell and Richards, 1937. REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66366: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam |