Yorktown: Zanclean - Piacenzian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Globigerinidae
Globoquadrina hirsuta
Gibson 1983
subspecies hirsuta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eboreus (Conrad 1833)
Gibson 1987
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria corrugata
Wilson 1983
Mclelannia aenigma
Wilson 1983
synonym of Mercenaria
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Prorosmarus alleni n. gen., n. sp. Berry and Gregory 1906
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]