Where: York County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 75.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moore House Member (Yorktown Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From cross-bedded, upper facies of the Moore House Mbr.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Harris in 1890; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78264: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog | |
Leptomactra delumbis Conrad 1832 clam
"Spisula" modicella clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum Conrad 1839 cockle | |
Sphenia dubia Lea 1845 softshell clam | |
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens Conrad 1838 clam | |
Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Striarca centenaria Say 1824 clam | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Lunatia interna, "Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
Lunatia interna moon snail
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
"Actaeon novellus" = Acteon
"Actaeon novellus" = Acteon snail | |
Diodora redimicula Say 1824 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium attenuatum Say 1824 tusk shell | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |