Yorktown: Zanclean - Piacenzian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Globigerinidae
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Globoquadrina hirsuta
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Gibson 1983 | |||||||||
subspecies hirsuta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Argopecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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Gibson 1987 | |||||||||
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria corrugata
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Wilson 1983 | |||||||||
Mclelannia aenigma
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Wilson 1983 | |||||||||
synonym of Mercenaria | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Prorosmarus alleni n. gen., n. sp.
Berry and Gregory 1906
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | York |
Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 75.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Zanclean - Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Yorktown |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 59155 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-03-16 09:46:26 | Last modified: | 2006-07-07 10:39:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-16 09:46:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16892. | C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
17886 | T. G. Gibson. 1983. Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic coastal plain. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:355-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
17902 | T. G. Gibson. 1987. Miocene and Pliocene Pectinidae (Bivalvia) from the Lee Creek Mine and adjacent areas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:31-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
17889 | D. Wilson. 1983. The Lee Creek enigma, Mclellania aenigma, a new taxon in fossil Cirrhipedia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:483-498 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |