Also known as Gillette marl pits
Where: Onslow County, North Carolina (34.8° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 71.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: N3 foram zone, Haywood Landing Member (Belgrade Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• JA: said to be early Miocene, but the Haywood Landing Member belongs to planktonic foram zone N3, which is late Oligocene (Rossbach and Carter 1991)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: AMNH (AMNH Loc. 1059)
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71652: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Diadora chipolana caroliniana n. ssp.
Diadora chipolana caroliniana n. ssp. snail | |
Calyptraea trochiformis slipper shell | |
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, "Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni, "Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta, Sinum imperforatum
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni Maury 1910 moon snail
"Polinices hemicrypta" = Lunatia hemicrypta Gabb 1860 moon snail
Sinum imperforatum Dall 1915 moon snail | |
"Oliva posti" = Oliva (Oliva) posti, Olivella gardnerae n. sp.
"Oliva posti" = Oliva (Oliva) posti Dall 1915 olive snail
Olivella gardnerae n. sp. Richards 1943 olive snail | |
Busycon spiniger onslowensis Kelluk 1926 whelk
Busycon spiniger onslowensis Kelluk 1926 whelk | |
"Siphonalia migrans" = Mariafusus migrans Conrad 1843 snail
Fusinus trentensis n. sp. Richards 1943 snail
Fusinus hoffmani Ward 1992 snail | |
"Typhis siphonifera" = Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera, Eupleura harbisoni n. sp., Coralliophila cumberlandia, Rapana vaughani, Ecphora tampaensis, Tritonopsis biconica, "Tritonopsis gilletti" = Tritonopsis gilletti, "Rapana gilletti n. sp." = Tritonopsis gilletti, Murex kellumi n. sp., Murex davisi n. sp.
"Typhis siphonifera" = Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera Dall 1915 murex snail
Eupleura harbisoni n. sp. Richards 1943 murex snail
Coralliophila cumberlandia murex snail
Rapana vaughani Mansfield 1937 murex snail
Ecphora tampaensis Dall 1890 murex snail
Tritonopsis biconica Dall 1915 murex snail
"Tritonopsis gilletti" = Tritonopsis gilletti Richards 1943 murex snail
"Rapana gilletti n. sp." = Tritonopsis gilletti Richards 1943 murex snail
Murex kellumi n. sp. Richards 1943 murex snail
Murex davisi n. sp. Richards 1943 murex snail | |
Lyria carolinensis Kellum 1926 volute
Scaphella stromboidella Kellum 1926 volute | |
Terebra whitfieldi auger snail | |
Conus postalveatus Kellum 1926 cone shell | |
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
Potamides silverdalensis n. sp.
Potamides silverdalensis n. sp. Richards 1943 horn snail | |
Turritella tampae Heilprin 1887 turret shell
Turritella fuerta Kellum 1926 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
Cyclocardia trentensis Ward 1992 clam
Venericardia nodifera Kellum 1926 clam | |
Astarte claytonrayi Ward 1992 clam
Astarte onslowensis Kellum 1926 clam | |
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
Phacoides silicatus Mansfield 1937 clam
Phacoides nocariensis Kellum 1926 clam | |
Cardium midyetti n. sp., Dinocardium taphrium
Cardium midyetti n. sp. Richards 1943 cockle
Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900 cockle | |
Donax idoneus Conrad 1872 clam | |
"Diplodonta alta" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta
"Diplodonta alta" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta Dall 1890 clam | |
"Chione spada" = Chione (Chamelea) spada, Mercenaria capax, "Venus gardnerae" = Mercenaria gardnerae, "Venus erecta" = Mercenaria erecta, Antigona lamellacea, Gemma magna striata n. ssp., "Callista neusensis" = Meretrix neusensis, Macrocallista tia, "Macrocallista acuminata" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata
"Chione spada" = Chione (Chamelea) spada Dall 1903 venus clam
Mercenaria capax Conrad 1843 quahog
"Venus gardnerae" = Mercenaria gardnerae Kellum 1926 quahog
"Venus erecta" = Mercenaria erecta Kellum 1926 quahog
Antigona lamellacea Kellum 1926 venus clam
Gemma magna striata n. ssp. Richards 1943 venus clam
"Callista neusensis" = Meretrix neusensis Harris 1919 venus clam
Macrocallista tia Kellum 1926 venus clam
"Macrocallista acuminata" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata Dall 1903 venus clam | |
Corbula burnsi Dall 1937 clam
"Bicorbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833 clam
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833 clam | |
Mytilus conradinus d'Orbigny 1852 mussel | |
Ostrea georgiana Conrad 1834 oyster | |
Pecten elixatus, Dimarzipecten crocus, "Pecten trentensis" = Rebeccapecten trentensis, Rebeccapecten berryae
Pecten elixatus Conrad 1846 scallop
Dimarzipecten crocus Ward 1992 scallop
"Pecten trentensis" = Rebeccapecten trentensis Harris 1919 scallop
Rebeccapecten berryae Ward 1992 scallop | |
Anomia onslowensis n. sp., Anomia ruffini
Anomia onslowensis n. sp. Richards 1943 jingle
Anomia ruffini Conrad 1843 jingle | |
Plicatula densata Conrad 1843 scallop | |
Glycymeris anteparilis Kellum 1926 clam | |
"Anomalocardia floridana" = Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, Cunearca silverdalensis, Arca silverdalensis
"Anomalocardia floridana" = Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana Conrad 1846 ark
Cunearca silverdalensis Kellum 1926 ark
Arca silverdalensis Kellum 1926 ark |