Station 2251 [Moore House Mbr, Yorktown Fm]: Late Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Harris 1890

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia laevis (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina crenulatus (Conrad 1840)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma magna Dall 1903
SUBSPECIES: G. magna virginiana
Dosinia acetabulum (Conrad 1832)
Mercenaria tridacnoides (Lamarck 1818)
Pitar sayana (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus fistula (Lea 1843)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella undulata
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia incile (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca centenaria (Say 1824)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sculpturata (Conrad 1840)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium attenuatum Say 1824
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum constrictum (Conrad 1842)
Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. alticostata Conrad 1834
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia heros (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Gloucester
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 Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yorktown Member:Moore House
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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 unknown position within the Moore House Mbr.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, probably siliciclastic. 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:78271
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-31 20:37:30 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-31 20:37:30
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]