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 unknown position within 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 78267: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
"Turritella cf. alticostata" = Turritella (Turritella) alticostata Conrad 1834 turret shell | |
Fossarus lura snail | |
Crepidula fornicata, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail | |
"Drillia" sp. Gray 1838 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster
Ostrea raveneliana Tuomey and Holmes 1855 oyster | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Tellina sp., "Tellina declivis" = Moerella declivis
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina declivis" = Moerella declivis Conrad 1834 tellin clam | |
Mercenaria sp. Schumacher 1817 quahog | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam
"Spisula" modicella clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Margaritaria abrupta Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Erycinella ovalis Conrad 1845 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam |