PRI Loc. 1623 (sample 1, replicate A) - Duplin Fm: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum sp.
Schumacher 1817
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella carolinae
Gardner 1948
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Uzita sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Nuculana acuta | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Myochamidae
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Myochama sp.
Stutchbury 1830
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis directus
(Conrad 1844)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula conradi
(Gardner 1944)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Transenella carolinensis
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45 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Transennella | |||||||
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Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
(Conrad 1834)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chione cribraria
(Conrad 1843)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactridae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mulinia congesta
(Conrad 1833)
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114 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Moerella sp.
Fischer 1887
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1 specimen | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella) | |||||||
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Moerella macilenta
(Dall 1900)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Moerella dupliniana
(Dall 1900)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Ervilia lata
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium acutilaqueatum
(Conrad 1839)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pleuromeris tridentata
(Say 1826)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Pteromeris perplana
(Dall 1903)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten eborea
Conrad 1833
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6 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea sp.
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Lunarca ovalis
(Bruguiere 1789)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia sp.
Gray 1857
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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9 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Duplin |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 78.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 77.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Duplin Formation. 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. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Marl above blue mud and below "Pleistocene". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse, sandy marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, restricted/sheltered, fine-grained siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Smith, July 29, 1925. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS: Replicate split of PRI Loc. 1623. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1943) [PBDB Ref# 16984]and Ward (1992) [16985]. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68979 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-14 15:39:00 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-08-14 15:39:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |