TU 859 [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 sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella invariabilis
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
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Turritella plebeia
Say 1824
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Bostrycapulus aculeatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Crepidula radiata
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora sp.
Conrad 1843
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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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
- Areneidae
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Arene tricarinata
(Stearns 1872)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Marevalvata tricarinata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 55 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon maxilliatus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Carolinapecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Chesapecten jeffersonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 74 specimens | ||||||||
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Chesapecten madisonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Chlamys decemaria
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| [entered as Chlamys decemarius] | ||||||||||
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Placopecten clintonius
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Costaglycymeris subovata
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 64 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divalinga quadrisulcata
(d'Orbigny 1846)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
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Stewartia anodonta
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 65 specimens | ||||||||
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Lucinisca cribarius
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora (Clidophora) sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus calamus
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula conradi
(Gardner 1944)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 23 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus fraterna
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mercenaria campechiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
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Dosinia acetabulm
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama corticosa
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Chesacardium sp.
Ward 1992
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea goldfussi
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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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 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 80 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 152 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Surry |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 77.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 76.3° 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: | FLMNH |
| 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: | 80040 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-01 21:08:40 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-04-01 21:08:40 |
| 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] |