PRI Loc. 1623 (sample 1, replicate B) - Duplin Fm: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Cavilinga trisulcatus
Conrad 1841
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2 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora carolinensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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1 specimen | ||||||
Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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5 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella carolinae
Gardner 1948
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3 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae | |||||||
Oliva robesonensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria sparrowi
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum carolinae
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia sp.
Gray 1857
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Lunarca sp.
Gray 1857
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10 specimens | ||||||
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca) | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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13 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten eborea
Conrad 1833
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6 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea sp.
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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6 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula conradi
(Gardner 1944)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Aligena rhomboidea
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Transenella sp.
(Dall 1884)
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46 specimens | ||||||
spelled with current rank as Transennella | |||||||
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
(Conrad 1834)
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7 specimens | ||||||
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp.
Conrad 1863
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1 specimen | ||||||
Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp.
Bronn 1831
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1 specimen | ||||||
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) acclinis
(Conrad 1832)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Hemimactra solidissima
(Dilwyn 1817)
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7 specimens | ||||||
Mulinia congesta
(Conrad 1833)
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123 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium acutilaqueatum
(Conrad 1839)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Moerella macilenta
(Dall 1900)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Moerella dupliniana
(Dall 1900)
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10 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele (Semele) sp.
Scuhmacher 1817
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4 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis sp.
Schumacher 1817
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29 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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11 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia sp.
Conrad 1867
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1 specimen | ||||||
Pleuromeris tridentata
(Say 1826)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Carditamera sp.
Conrad 1838
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1 specimen | ||||||
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 - 2.58800 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: | 69018 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-15 07:44:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-02-15 07:44:49 |
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] |