Chowan River, coral thicket: Gelasian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium attenuatum Say 1824
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla interrupta (Totten 1835)
Turbonilla nivea (Stimpson 1851)
recombined as Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) ivea
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Clathrus antillarum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Balcis eborea (Conrad 1846)
recombined as Melanella eborea
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Crucibulum multilineatum (Conrad 1842)
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsii (Lea 1845)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum bellum
Prunum limatulum (Conrad 1834)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata (Say 1822)
Urosalpinx trossula
Urosalpinx perrugata (Conrad 1846)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Granulina ovuliformis (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Busycon aruanum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius chowanensis (Gardner 1943)
Ilyanassa cf. porcina
Ilyanassa granifera (Conrad 1868)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis cf. avara (Say 1822)
Colombella avara
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx cf. lunata (Lea 1833)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cryoturris cf. magnoliana
spelled with current rank as Kurtziella (Cryoturris)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Lunatia heros (Say 1822)
recombined as Euspira heros
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma tectispira
Cochliolepis sp. Stimpson 1858
Gastropoda - Areneidae
Arene pergemma (Gardner 1948)
synonym of Marevalvata tricarinata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina canaliculata (Say 1826)
Gastropoda
Tortifusus curvirostrus
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia laevis (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana acuta (Conrad 1832)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus ducatellii (Conrad 1840)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840
recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten eboreus (Conrad 1833)
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris subovata (Say 1824)
recombined as Costaglycymeris subovata
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia carolinensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia anodonta (Say 1824)
Parvilucina crenulata (Conrad 1840)
Cavilinga trisulcata (Conrad 1841)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora tuomeyi
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula contracta (Say 1822)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Mysella bladenensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Erycina carolinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula cf. similis (Say 1822)
    = Spisula solidissima Dilwyn 1817
Hendy et al. 2008
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia metastriata
Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad 1875
recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis
Gemma magna Dall 1903
Pitar sayana (Conrad 1833)
synonym of Pitar morrhuanus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina agilis Stimpson 1857
recombined as Angulus agilis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra subreflexa
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
Cumingia tellinoides (Conrad 1831)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Fabella calpix
Ensitellops elongata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena striata Lea 1843
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus (Conrad 1844)
[entered as Ensis directum]
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Septastrea crassa (Holmes 1860)
unclassified
Crassatella undulata Say 1824
synonym of Kalolophus antillarum
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Bertie
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 76.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 76.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chowan River
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: N21 microfossil zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: coral thicket, 2m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 692
Database number:71138
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-19 07:30:36 Last modified:2015-05-30 13:58:08
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-19 07:30:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23840. R. H. Bailey and S. A. Tedesco. 1986. Paleoecology of a Pliocene coral thicket from North Carolina: an example of temporal change in community structure and function. Journal of Paleontology 60(6):1159-1176 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

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]