PRI Loc. 1525 (sample 1, replicate C) [Yorktown Fm]: Pliocene, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella duplinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
2 specimens
recombined as Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis granifera (Say 1824)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum carolinensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma sp. Blainville 1827
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Trophon" tetricus (Conrad 1832)
1 specimen
recombined as Boreotrophon tetricus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella carolinae Gardner 1948
5 specimens
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira heros (Say 1822)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
3 specimens
synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pteromeris perplana (Dall 1903)
1 specimen
Carditamera arata (Conrad 1832)
6 specimens
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama corticosa
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
111 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma magna Dall 1903
6 specimens
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
1 specimen
Transenella carolinensis
29 specimens
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele subovata (Say 1824)
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus (Conrad 1844)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea compressirostris
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
2 specimens
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
8 specimens
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca sp. Gray 1857
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Lunarca)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris duplinensis
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia sp. Gray 1857
3 specimens
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 78.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 77.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yorktown
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Probably from the Yorktown Formation. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
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: Unknown. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, in reference to Glenn (1904), Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Ward (1992), and Ward and Gillinsky (1993).
Metadata
Database number:79249
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-28 21:13:33 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-02-28 21:13:33
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]