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
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle | |
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Illyanassa sp. snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Olivella minuta Link 1807 olive snail | |
Urosalpinx sp. Stimpson 1865 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Chlamys decemnaria, "Aequipecten eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus
Chlamys decemnaria scallop
"Aequipecten eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 oyster | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
Noetia limula clam | |
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Aligena striata Lea 1843 aligena | |
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam | |
Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Strigilla (Strigilla) sp. Turton 1822 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Moerella macilenta Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Chione cribraria, Mercenaria campechiensis, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, Transennella stimpsoni, Gouldia metastriata
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
Gouldia metastriata venus clam | |
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Bellucina waccamawensis Dall 1903 clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle |