TU 858 [Yorktown Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Virginia
collected by Vokes
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium carolinense
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Acmaea sp.
Eschscholtz 1830
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella plebeia
Say 1824
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula aculeata
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus | ||||||||||
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica (Naticarius) sp.
(Dumeril 1806)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Naticarius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva carolinae
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora sp.
Conrad 1843
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus graniferus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| [entered as Petaloconchus granifera] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys decemaria
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
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Chesapecten madisonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Chesapecten jeffersonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 66 specimens | ||||||||
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Chesapecten coccymelus
(Dall 1898)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Placopecten clintonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 32 specimens | ||||||||
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Euvola sp.
(Dall 1898)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea virginica
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 49 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 29 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia incile
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca centernaria
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
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Anadara callicestosa
(Dall 1898)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| [entered as Anadara callecitosa] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium sp.
Ward 1992
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus sp.
Gray 1847
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Moerella sp.
Fischer 1887
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus fraterna
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama corticosa
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 34 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula conradi
(Gardner 1944)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus calamus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Marvacrassatella sp.
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 33 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 111 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 143 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Surry |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 76.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 76.1° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Yorktown Fm, which unconformably overlies regionally the Eastover Fm (Late Miocene), and is unconformably overlain regionally by the Chowan River Fm. It is unknown from which member of the Yorktown Formation that this collection is derived. AGE: Early to early-Late Pliocene on the basis of known age-range of the Yorktown Formation (Ward, 1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of visual inspection of collection. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Collectors: | Vokes |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, FL. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, C. Ferguson, and D. Buick, in reference to Gardner (1943), and subsequent publications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80038 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-01 20:55:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-04-01 20:55:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31182. | E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |