Portobello Point, Zones 24: Tortonian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus deluvianus
Green 1830
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra simplex
Conrad 1830
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bulliopsis quadrata
(Conrad 1830)
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Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta
(Conrad 1868)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Buccinofusus parilis
(Conrad 1832)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae
Petuch 1988
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella plebeia plebeia
Ward 1992
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Turritella subvariabilis subvariabilis
Ward 1992
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten santamaria
(Tucker 1934)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Dallarca idonea
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium laqueatum laqueatum
Ward 1992
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactrodesma subponderosa
(d'Orbigny 1852)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria tetrica
(Conrad 1838)
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Lirophora alveata
(Conrad 1831)
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Dosinia acetabulum thori
Ward 1992
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte perplana
Conrad 1840
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | St. Marys |
Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 74.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Saint Marys | Member: | Windmill Point |
Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 24 | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | very fine argillaceous,silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 71636 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-02 10:52:13 | Last modified: | 2007-05-02 13:52:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-02 10:52:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16985. | L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |