Langleys Bluff, St. Mary's Co. - Talbot Fm (Pleistocene): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Acantodesia oblongula
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Cytheris tuberculata
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium incertum
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Rotaliidae
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Rotalia beccarii
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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? Nonion sloanii
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Eponides frigida
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Buliminidae
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Entosolenia lucida
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Blake 1953 | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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? Moira atropos
(Lamarck 1816)
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Asteroidea
- Asteriidae
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Asterias cf. forbesi
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium rupicolum
(Kurtz 1860)
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| recombined as Epitonium rupicola | |||||||
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Epitonium angulatum
(Say 1831)
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Neverita duplicatus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon canaliculatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus | |||||||
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Busycon carica
(Gmelin 1792)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius obsoletus
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta | |||||||
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Nassarius trivittatus
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Ilyanassa trivittata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella (Astyris) lunata
(Say 1826)
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| recombined as Astyris lunata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Eupleura caudata
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Mangilia cerina
(Kurtz and Stimpson 1851)
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| recombined as Kurtziella cerina | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Retusa canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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| recombined as Acteocina canaliculata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Haminoea solitaria
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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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
- Pandorida
- Lyonsiidae
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Lyonsia hyalina
(Conrad 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea costata
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya arenaria
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar morrhuana
(Dall 1902)
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| recombined as Pitar morrhuanus | |||||||
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Mercenaria mercenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Rangia cuneata
(Sowerby 1831)
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Montacutidae
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Mysella planulata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus gibbus
(Spengler 1794)
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| synonym of Tagelus plebeius | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina multilineata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara transversa
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Eontia ponderosa | |||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella unicornis
(Johnston 1847)
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Electridae
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Electra monostachys
(Busk 1854)
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Cytheridea punctillata
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Loxoconchidae
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Loxoconcha impressa
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Panopeidae
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Panopeus herbstii
Edwards 1834
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cancridae
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Cancer irroratus
Say 1817
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Callinectes sapidus
Rathbun 1896
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Malacostraca
- Stomatopoda
- Chloridellidae
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Squilla empusa
Say 1818
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| recombined as Chloridella empusa | |||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus crenatus
Bruguière 1789
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sulphurea
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | St. Mary's |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 76.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 76.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Talbot | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Talbot Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon (Rasmussen and Slaughter 1955, 1957), Pleistocene (Richards 1962). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962). | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Shattock (1906), Smith (1920), Richards (1936), Blake (1955). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Maryland Loc. 15 | ||
| Database number: | 66720 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-12 19:30:44 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2007-10-12 19:30:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18974. | H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 19012 | S. F. Blake. 1953. The Pleistocene marine fauna of Wailes Bluff and Langley Bluff, Maryland. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 121(2):1-32 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/N. Heim] | |
| 19011 | H. G. Richards. 1936. Fauna of the Pleistocene Pamlico Formation of the southern Atlantic coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 47:1611-1656 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |