Jones Wharf, Zone 17-18: Serravallian, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Carassatellites turgidulus
Shattuck 1904
Chesaconavus chesapeakensis
Uhen 2007
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella plebeia Say 1824
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia
Turritella subvariabilis d'Orbigny 1852
Ward 1992
subspecies subvariabilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora quadricostata (Conrad 1830)
Shattuck 1904
var. umbilicata
Ecphora meganae Ward and Gilinsky 1988
Ward 1992
subspecies meganae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella virginiana (Conrad 1842)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Dallarca elnia (Glenn 1904)
Ward 1992
Arca staminea Say 1832
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Dallarca staminea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chesapecten (Christinapecten) marylandica (Wagner 1839)
Ward 1992
recombined as Placopecten marylandica
Chesapecten nefrens Ward and Blackwlder 1975
Ward 1992
recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens
Pecten madisonius Say 1824
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Chesapecten madisonius
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Melina maxillata (Lamarck 1819)
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Isognomon maxillata
Isognomon (Hippochaeta) sp. ()
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma contracta (Say 1824)
Ward 1992
Stewartia anodonta (Say 1824)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula idonea Conrad 1833
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Bicorbula idonea
Bicorbula idonea (Conrad 1833)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus marylandica (Schoonover 1941)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pleiorytis calvertensis (Dall 1900)
Ward 1992
original and current combination Petricola (Petricolaria) calvertensis
Macrocallista marylandica (Conrad 1833)
Shattuck 1904
Dosinia acetabulum (Conrad 1832)
Shattuck 1904
Mercenaria cuneata Conrad 1869
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Timothynus subvexa (Conrad 1833)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Leptomactra marylandica (Dall 1898)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium laqueatum Conrad 1830
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum
Chesacardium laqueatum (Conrad 1830)
Ward 1992
subspecies blackwelderi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Florimetis biplicata (Conrad 1834)
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea goldfussii Wagner 1839
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte thisphila Glenn 1904
Ward 1992
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella turgidula (Conrad 1843)
Ward 1992
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Cancroidea indet. Latreille 1802
Martin 1904
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus concavus Bronn 1831
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Concavus concavus
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Abertellidae
Scutella aberti Conrad 1842
Shattuck 1904
recombined as Abertella aberti
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Galeocerdo contortus Gibbes 1847
Uhen 2007
recombined as Physogaleus contortus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Uhen 2007
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope 1867
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:St. Mary's
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 76.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 73.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chesapeake Formation:Choptank Member:Drumcliff
Regional section:Shattuck Regional bed:17-18
Regional order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,green sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: brownish or greenish fossiliferous sand
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: Mollusk-dense pale yellow-brown to pale orange well-sorted sand; sub-tropical to temperate, in a current-swept channel-like basin. Overlain by a finer-grained sand and silt of deeper, stiller, possibly inner-bay waters.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Drumcliff
Database number:60376
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:Z. Tieman Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2006-05-11 08:26:14 Last modified:2010-06-24 17:17:00
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-11 08:26:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15352. R. Kellogg. 1965. The Miocene Calvert sperm whale Orycterocetus. Bullten of the United States National Museum 247(2):47-63 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

23767 G. C. Martin. 1904. Malacostraca. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene(Text):94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
23697 G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24251 M. D. Uhen. 2007. USNM Chesapeake Group Cetacean Collection Data. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16985 L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
32709 L. W. Ward and G. W. Andrews. 2008. Stratigraphy of the Calvert, Choptank, and St. Marys Formations (Miocene) in the Chesapeake Bay Area, Maryland and Virginia. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 1-169 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]