Also known as New Jersey Loc. 16
Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (38.9° N, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 74.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1933) and MacClintock and Richards (1936). 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 66621: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium humphreysii, "Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola
Epitonium humphreysii Kiener 1838 wentletrap
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Nassarius vibex, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail | |
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail | |
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus, Busycon perversum
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon perversum Linnaeus 1758 whelk | |
"Mangilia cerina" = Kurtziella cerina, "Mangilia plicosa" = Pyrgocythara plicosa, "Mangilia stellata" = Stellatoma stellata
"Mangilia cerina" = Kurtziella cerina Kurtz and Stimpson 1851 snail
"Mangilia plicosa" = Pyrgocythara plicosa Adams 1850 snail
"Mangilia stellata" = Stellatoma stellata Stearns 1872 snail | |
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Urosalpinx cinerea
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail Subspecies: T. haemastoma floridana
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail | |
"Polinices triseriatus" = Euspira triseriata, "Polinices heros" = Euspira heros, "Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, Sinum perspectivum, "Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla
"Polinices triseriatus" = Euspira triseriata Say 1826 moon snail
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis emersonii Adams 1839 snail | |
"Triphora nigrocincta" = Marshallora nigrocincta
"Triphora nigrocincta" = Marshallora nigrocincta Adams 1839 snail | |
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus Say 1822 snail | |
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, "Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Mytilus edulis, "Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 mussel | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
"Pitar morrhuana" = Pitar morrhuanus, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis, Gemma gemma, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria mercenaria
"Pitar morrhuana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog | |
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima, Mulinia lateralis
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
"Labiosa plicatella" = Raeta plicatella
"Labiosa plicatella" = Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Laevicardium mortoni Conrad 1831 cockle | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Donax fossor Say 1822 clam | |
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Astarte castanea Say 1822 clam |