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
Cavilinga trisulcatus Conrad 1841
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora carolinensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Crepidula plana Say 1822
1 specimen
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella carolinae Gardner 1948
3 specimens
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
Oliva robesonensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sparrowi
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum carolinae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia sp. Gray 1857
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
10 specimens
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
2 specimens
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten eborea Conrad 1833
6 specimens
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula conradi (Gardner 1944)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena rhomboidea
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Transenella sp. (Dall 1884)
46 specimens
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta (Conrad 1834)
7 specimens
Lirophora (Lirophora) sp. Conrad 1863
1 specimen
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) sp. Bronn 1831
1 specimen
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) acclinis (Conrad 1832)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Hemimactra solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
7 specimens
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
123 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum (Conrad 1839)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Moerella macilenta (Dall 1900)
2 specimens
Moerella dupliniana (Dall 1900)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele (Semele) sp. Scuhmacher 1817
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817
29 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867
1 specimen
Pleuromeris tridentata (Say 1826)
2 specimens
Carditamera sp. Conrad 1838
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]