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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) pyga venus clam | |
Tellina (Angulus) virginiana Clark 1895 tellin clam | |
Nemocardium "sp. C" Meek 1876 cockle | |
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam | |
Panopea elongata clam | |
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Brachidontes potomacensis mussel | |
Chlamys johnsoni scallop | |
Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Conrad 1862 clam | |
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Sceptrum marylandicum snail | |
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895 snail | |
Turbonilla potomacensis snail
Odostomia "sp. C" Fleming 1817 snail | |
"Calliostoma" "sp. B" Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Litiopa marylandica snail | |
Calyptraphorus "sp. C" Conrad 1857 snail | |
Aporrhais potomacensis snail | |
Priscoficus arguta fig shell
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Galeodea "sp. B" Link 1807 snail | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
? Mesorhytis pomonkensis mitre shell | |
cf. Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail | |
Surculites "sp. A", "Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia), cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi, cf. Eopleurotoma potomacensis
Surculites "sp. A" Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi turrid | |
cf. Lirofusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Latirus marylandicus snail | |
Cantharus (Endopachychilus) marylandicus true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk |