Jones Wharf, Zone 17-18: Serravallian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Carassatellites turgidulus
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
Chesaconavus chesapeakensis
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Uhen 2007 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella plebeia
Say 1824
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia | ||||||||||
Turritella subvariabilis
d'Orbigny 1852
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
subspecies subvariabilis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora quadricostata
(Conrad 1830)
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
var. umbilicata | ||||||||||
Ecphora meganae
Ward and Gilinsky 1988
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
subspecies meganae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Scaphella virginiana
(Conrad 1842)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Dallarca elnia
(Glenn 1904)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Arca staminea
Say 1832
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Dallarca staminea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten (Christinapecten) marylandica
(Wagner 1839)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
recombined as Placopecten marylandica | ||||||||||
Chesapecten nefrens
Ward and Blackwlder 1975
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens | ||||||||||
Pecten madisonius
Say 1824
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Chesapecten madisonius | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Melina maxillata
(Lamarck 1819)
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Isognomon maxillata | ||||||||||
Isognomon (Hippochaeta) sp.
()
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma contracta
(Say 1824)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula idonea
Conrad 1833
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Bicorbula idonea | ||||||||||
Bicorbula idonea
(Conrad 1833)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus marylandica
(Schoonover 1941)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pleiorytis calvertensis
(Dall 1900)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
original and current combination Petricola (Petricolaria) calvertensis | ||||||||||
Macrocallista marylandica
(Conrad 1833)
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
Mercenaria cuneata
Conrad 1869
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Timothynus subvexa
(Conrad 1833)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Leptomactra marylandica
(Dall 1898)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium laqueatum
Conrad 1830
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum | ||||||||||
Chesacardium laqueatum
(Conrad 1830)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
subspecies blackwelderi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Florimetis biplicata
(Conrad 1834)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea goldfussii
Wagner 1839
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte thisphila
Glenn 1904
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Marvacrassatella turgidula
(Conrad 1843)
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Cancroidea indet.
Latreille 1802
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Martin 1904 | |||||||||
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Concavus concavus | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Abertellidae
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Scutella aberti
Conrad 1842
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Shattuck 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Abertella aberti | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Galeocerdo contortus
Gibbes 1847
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Uhen 2007 | |||||||||
recombined as Physogaleus contortus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Uhen 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Orycterocetus crocodilinus
Cope 1867
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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] |