Fairmont - Duplin Formation: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia spirata
(Philippi 1836)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) carolinensis
(Conrad 1841)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| recombined as Akleistostoma carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia hodgei
(Conrad 1841)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| recombined as Sconsia hodgii | ||||||||||
| [entered as Sconsia hodgii] | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx trossula
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Urosalpinx phrikna
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Urosalpinx perrugata
(Conrad 1846)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Glyphostoma zoster
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| Subspecies: G. zoster phroudon | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Paraterebra) unilineata
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Terebra (Strioterebrum) carolinensis
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Strioterebrum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella lunata
(Say 1826)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| recombined as Astyris lunata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Ilyanassa johnsoni
(Dall 1892)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Ilyanassa scalaspira
(Conrad 1868)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Ilyanassa schizopyga
Dall 1892
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Ptychosalpinx tuomeyi
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon perversum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| Subspecies: B. perversum robesonense | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Lemintina granifera
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
| Subspecies: L. granifera tenera | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium (Spinascala) robesonense
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Epitonium (Pictoscala) pratti
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Gardner 1948 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia laevis
(Say 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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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 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata
(Say 1826)
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| recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata | ||||||||||
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Glans (Pteromeris) abbreviata
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| original and current combination Pteromeris | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia conradi
Couthouy 1839
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| recombined as Thracia (Homoeodesma) conradi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella calpix
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta leana
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula (Hemimactra) modicella
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| original and current combination Hemimactra | ||||||||||
| Subspecies: S. (H.) modicella alta | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Mulinia congesta
(Conrad 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Petricola (Petricolaria) carolinensis
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Macrocallista reposta
(Conrad 1834)
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| recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta | ||||||||||
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Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana
(Conrad 1833)
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| synonym of Pitar morrhuanus | ||||||||||
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Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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| recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis | ||||||||||
| Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi | ||||||||||
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Moerella) macilenta
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Moerella macilenta | ||||||||||
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Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Moerella dupliniana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax emmonsi
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| Also includes: D. emmonsi preaequilibrata | ||||||||||
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Donax fossor
Say 1822
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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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 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Euvola) raveneli
(Dall 1898)
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| recombined as Euvola raveneli | ||||||||||
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara lienosa
(Say 1832)
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Robeson |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 79.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 78.5° 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: | 59310 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-25 17:42:15 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-25 17:42:15 |
| 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] |