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 78265: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Fossarus lyra snail | |
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Oliva canaliculata olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail | |
Mitrella sp., "Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia herosa" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Diodora redimicula Say 1824 snail | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
Pteria colymbus Röding 1798 pearl oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
"Pandora arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa Conrad 1834 clam | |
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
"Spisula" modicella clam | |
Gouldia metastriata, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, Mercenaria sp., Dosinia acetabulum
Gouldia metastriata venus clam
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Tellina propetenella tellin clam | |
Semele subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Ensis ensiformis Conrad 1843 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam |