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