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