Where: King George County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 58.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aquia Formation (Pamunkey Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91859: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Odostomia "sp. C" Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla potomacensis snail | |
Litiopa marylandica snail | |
Priscoficus arguta fig shell
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Galeodea "sp. B" Link 1807 snail | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Calyptraphorus "sp. C" Conrad 1857 snail | |
Aporrhais potomacensis snail | |
? Mesorhytis pomonkensis mitre shell | |
Cantharus (Endopachychilus) marylandicus true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
cf. Lirofusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Latirus marylandicus snail | |
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi, cf. Eopleurotoma potomacensis, Surculites "sp. A", "Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia)
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi turrid
Surculites "sp. A" Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
cf. Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail | |
"Calliostoma" "sp. B" Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895 snail | |
Sceptrum marylandicum snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam | |
Brachidontes potomacensis mussel | |
Chlamys johnsoni scallop | |
Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Conrad 1862 clam | |
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) pyga venus clam | |
Nemocardium "sp. C" Meek 1876 cockle | |
Tellina (Angulus) virginiana Clark 1895 tellin clam | |
Panopea elongata clam | |
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam |