Where: Virginia (36.8° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Norfolk Member (Acredale Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Collection from 2.93 m above base of section, from 0.73 m thick sandstone. Upper part of Norfolk Mbr. Late Pleistocene in age, presumably from stage 5 (70-125,000 ybp).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Collected by authors. Collections reside in the USNM
Primary reference: R. S. Spencer and L.D. Campbell. 1987. The fauna and paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene marine sediments of southeastern Virginia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 92(327):1-124 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57702: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.12.2005, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Bornia longipes clam | |
"Pitar morrhuana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Mercenaria campechiensis
"Pitar morrhuana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam | |
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
"Pandora trilineata" = Pandora (Pandora) trilineata, "Pandora gouldiana" = Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana
"Pandora trilineata" = Pandora (Pandora) trilineata Say 1822 clam
"Pandora gouldiana" = Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana Say 1822 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 mussel
Modiolus squamosus mussel
Ischadium recurvum Rafinesque 1820 mussel | |
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
"Cerithiopsis greeni" = Cerithiopsis greenii
"Cerithiopsis greeni" = Cerithiopsis greenii Adams 1839 snail | |
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk | |
"Anachis lafresnayi" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi
"Anachis lafresnayi" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi Fischer and Bernardi 1857 snail | |
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell | |
"Diastoma alternatum" = Bittiolum alternatum
"Diastoma alternatum" = Bittiolum alternatum Say 1822 cerith snail | |
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola, Epitonium multistriatum, Epitonium angulatum, Epitonium humphreysii
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap
Epitonium multistriatum Say 1826 wentletrap
Epitonium angulatum Say 1831 wentletrap
Epitonium humphreysii Kiener 1838 wentletrap | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cupuladria biporosa Canu and Bassler 1923
Membranipora tenuis Desor 1848 | |
Electra monostachys Busk 1854 | |
Cryptosula pallasiana Moll 1803 | |
Hippoporidra calcarea Smitt 1873 | |
Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766 | |
Schizoporella errata, "Stephanosella cornuta" = Multiporina
"Stephanosella cornuta" = Multiporina | |
Polychaeta | |
Sedentaria | |
Polydora sp. Bosk 1801 | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
Cliona sp. demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia danae Agassiz 1850 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium articulatum, Elphidium brooklynense, Elphidium clavatum, Elphidium galvestonense, Elphidium gunteri, Elphidium tumidum, Elphidium discoidale, "Elphidium poeyanum" = Elphidium latispatium pontium
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839
"Elphidium poeyanum" = Elphidium latispatium pontium d'Orbigny 1948 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina compta, Quinqueloculina jugosa, Quinqueloculina poeyana, Quinqueloculina seminula, Quinqueloculina lamarckiana, Massilina sp.
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839
Massilina sp. Schlumberger 1893 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Nodosariata | |
Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Lagena sp. Walker and Boys 1784 | |
Foraminifera | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globothalamea | |
Nonionella sp. Cushman 1926
Nonion sp. de Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |