PRI Loc. 1622 (sample 31, replicate A) - Waccamaw Fm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Bladen County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 78.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Waccamaw Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waccamaw Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, fine-grained siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy siltstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Smith in 1937; reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: B. Smith, 1937. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69043: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropod and bivalvia. TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1943) [PBDB Ref# 16984].
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella minuta Link 1807 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx sp. Stimpson 1865 murex snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 oyster
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena striata Lea 1843 aligena
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla (Strigilla) sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Moerella macilenta Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Transennella stimpsoni Dall 1902 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Cirripedia
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