Where: Duplin County, North Carolina (34.9° N, 78.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 77.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Duplin Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Duplin Formation. AGE: Late Pliocene. Campbell (1974) suggested an age of zone N-20, or about 3.0-3.5 Ma for the type section of the Duplin Fm at Natural Well, late Pliocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "Brown phase".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Smith in 1937; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: B. Smith, April 2, 1937. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79343: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
"Olivella carolinae" = Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae Gardner 1948 olive snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam
"Spisula" sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
Gemma magna, Chione cribraria, "Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
"Transenella carolinensis" = Transennella venus clam
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam | |
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Ervilia lata clam | |
Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam | |
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam |