Brandywine Lighthouse well, 400 ft [Kirkwood Fm]: Early/Lower Miocene, New Jersey
collected by McGee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus conradi
Pilsbry and Harbison 1933
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalaria marylandica
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cumberlandia
Conrad 1863
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima eborea
Conrad 1846
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recombined as Melanella eborea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crucibulum costatum
(Say 1820)
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recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicata
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
Polinices heros
(Say 1822)
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recombined as Euspira heros | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten madisonius
Say 1824
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recombined as Chesapecten madisonius | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca transversa
Say 1822
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recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Astarte undulata vaginulata | ||||||||||
Arca subrostrata
Conrad 1841
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recombined as Dallarca subrostrata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides crenulatus
(Conrad 1840)
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recombined as Parvilucina crenulata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya producta
Conrad 1838
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium laqueatum
Conrad 1830
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recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita arata
(Conrad 1832)
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recombined as Carditamera arata | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Cape May |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 75.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 70.7° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kirkwood | ||||
Local section: | Brandywine Lighthouse | Local bed: | 400 ft | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kirkwood Fm, which is in this section overlies "Jackson-age" deposits, and underlies the Cohansey Fm. AGE: Miocene in text; Early Miocene on the basis of more recent dating and faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 400 ft in well. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silt, sand, and shells. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collectors: | McGee |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T.C. McGee of the Artesian Well Drilling Company. REPOSITORY: New Jersey State Museum, ANSP. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Fairly antiquated nomenclature with species resolution assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 92763 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-11-28 08:17:41 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-28 08:17:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31286. | H. G. Richards and A. Harbison. 1944. Well-boring at Brandywine Lighthouse in Delaware Bay. Part I. - Geology and Macrofossils. Notulae Naturae 132:1-14 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |