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: Probably 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; shelly/skeletal 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 78269: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Astarte coheni clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens
"Pandora crassidens" = Pandora (Clidiophora) crassidens Conrad 1838 clam | |
Sphenia dubia Lea 1845 softshell clam | |
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta leana clam | |
"Spisula" modicella clam
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
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Aligena aequata Conrad 1843 aligena clam | |
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata
"Parvilucina crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam | |
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Striarca centernaria clam | |
Noetia incile Say 1824 clam | |
Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
"Architectonica nuperum" = Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) nupera
"Architectonica nuperum" = Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) nupera Conrad 1834 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Strombiformis sp. da Costa 1778 snail
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata, "Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum, "Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crucibulum constrictum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Urosalpinx trossulus, "Trophon tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus
Urosalpinx trossulus murex snail
"Trophon tetricus" = Boreotrophon tetricus Conrad 1832 murex snail | |
"Marginella limatula" = Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell
Marginella bella margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Ptychosalpinx tuomeyi true whelk | |
Fusinus exilis Dall 1890 snail
Peristernia filicata snail | |
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
Anachis cf. camax snail
"Mitrella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Busycotypus incile whelk
Busycon maximus whelk | |
"Drillia" eburnea Conrad 1862 snail | |
Conus marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Serpulorbis granulifera worm shell | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Fossarus lyra snail | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |