Lumberton - Duplin Formation: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) nupera (Conrad 1834)
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Pictoscala) pratti
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina irrorata (Say 1822)
Gardner 1948
recombined as Littoraria irrorata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Thiarinella) styliola
Gardner 1948
spelled with current rank as Metulella (Thiarinella)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa isogramma (Dall 1892)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa sexdentata (Conrad 1843)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa irrorata (Conrad 1863)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa scalaspira (Conrad 1868)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa schizopyga Dall 1892
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa johnsoni (Dall 1892)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa granifera (Conrad 1868)
Gardner 1948
Uzita vibex
Gardner 1948
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita)
Uzita neogenensis (Gardner and Aldrich 1919)
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ptychosalpinx tuomeyi
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon amoenum
Gardner 1948
Busycon bladenense
Gardner 1948
Busycon perversum (Linnaeus 1758)
Gardner 1948
Subspecies: B. perversum robesonense
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Strioterebrum) neglecta
Gardner 1948
original and current combination Strioterebrum
Terebra (Strioterebrum) robesonensis
Gardner 1948
original and current combination Strioterebrum
Terebra (Paraterebra) unilineata
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella carolinae Gardner 1948
Gardner 1948
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
Oliva robesonensis
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx trossula
Gardner 1948
Urosalpinx phrikna
Gardner 1948
Urosalpinx stimpsoni
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) carolinensis (Conrad 1841)
Gardner 1948
recombined as Akleistostoma carolinensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea (Conrad 1833)
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
Also includes: Abra aequalis deltoidea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax emmonsi
Also includes: D. emmonsi preaequilibrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana (Dall 1900)
recombined as Moerella dupliniana
Tellina (Moerella) macilenta (Dall 1900)
recombined as Moerella macilenta
Macoma carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama corticosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Chione) grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Chione (Chione) cribraria (Conrad 1843)
recombined as Chione cribraria
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans (Conrad 1838)
Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis
Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana (Conrad 1833)
synonym of Pitar morrhuanus
Petricola (Petricolaria) carolinensis
Macrocallista reposta (Conrad 1834)
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Gemma magna Dall 1903
Subspecies: G. magna majorina and insulcata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula (Hemimactra) similis (Say 1822)
    = Spisula solidissima Dilwyn 1817
Hendy et al. 2008
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula densata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia triangula (Glenn 1904)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata
Subspecies: P. (C.) trisulcatus multistriatus
Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella dupliniana
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans (Pteromeris) perplana (Dall 1903)
recombined as Pteromeris perplana
Also includes: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata
Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata (Say 1826)
recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata
Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica (Conrad 1834)
original and current combination Astarte concentrica
Also includes: A. (A.) concentrica conradi
Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata (Say 1824)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Robeson
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 79.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 78.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Duplin
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. From Siple (1957) "The Duplin in South Carolina is considered to be equivalent to the upper Yorktown of Virginia and the Cancellaria biofacies within the Choctawhatchee stage of Florida." AGE: Late Pliocene. Campbell (1974) suggested an age of zone N-20, or about 3.0-3.5 Ma for the type section of the Duplin Fm at Natural Well, late Pliocene age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,coarse,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue unlithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Shelly, medium- to coarse-grained sand, sandy marl, and limestone, bluish gray.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No geologic or paleoenvironmental data reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. Nomenclature is somewhat antiquated but provided to species resolution and authoritative.
Metadata
Database number:59309
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-03-25 17:41:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-25 17:41:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16984. J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]

Secondary references:

17048 J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]