TU 859 [Yorktown Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Surry County, Virginia (37.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yorktown Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Eastover Fm (Late Miocene), and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. It is unknown from which member of the Yorktown Formation that this collection is derived. AGE: Early to early-Late Pliocene on the basis of known age-range of the Yorktown Formation (Ward, 1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of visual inspection of collection.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Vokes; reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: H.E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, FL.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80040: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, C. Ferguson, and D. Buick, in reference to Gardner (1943), and subsequent publications.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Lucinisca cribarius" = Lucina (Lucinisca) clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chesacardium sp. Ward 1992 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus fraterna Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Dosinia acetabulm venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora (Clidophora) sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Placopecten clintonius Say 1824 scallop
Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop
Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop
Chlamys decemaria scallop
[entered as Chlamys decemarius]
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Trochoidea - Areneidae
"Arene tricarinata" = Marevalvata tricarinata
"Arene tricarinata" = Marevalvata tricarinata Stearns 1872 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora sp. Conrad 1843 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crepidula radiata slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell