Station 2248 [Moore House Mbr, Yorktown Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Harris 1890

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chesapecten madisonius (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus fistula (Lea 1843)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia acetabulum (Conrad 1832)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia laevis (Say 1824)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alticostata Conrad 1834
recombined as Turritella (Turritella) alticostata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia interna
Lunatia heros (Say 1822)
recombined as Euspira heros
Sinum fragilis (Conrad 1830)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifera (Say 1824)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon maximus
Busycotypus incile
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirosoma sulcata
Lirosoma sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832
Scaphella obtusa (Emmons 1858)
recombined as Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora quadricostata (Conrad 1830)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum constrictum (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum
Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:York
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 76.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 75.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Yorktown Member:Moore House
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Moore House Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Morgarts Beach and Rushmere Mbrs of the Yorkown Fm, and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene according to Ward (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple facies of the Moore House Mbr.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine,shelly/skeletal silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From two facies, a shelly bed, and very fine, silty sand. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively shallow shelf depths.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UNSM
Collectors:Harris Collection dates:1890
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G.D. Harris, 1890. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive (as commented by Ward 1993, p. 3), but includes fairly comprehensive lists of characteristic gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Lists compiled by R. Arnold, based on identifications by Harris, with nomenclature subsequently revised by Ward to a modern standard, with species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:78268
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-31 20:30:25 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-31 20:30:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26351. L. W. Ward. 1993. The G.D Harris 1890 manuscript on the stratigraphy of Miocene and Pliocene beds at Yorktown, Virginia. Paleontological Research Institute Special Publication 20:1-118 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]