Chowan River, coral thicket (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Reef 692
Where: Bertie County, North Carolina (36.1° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chowan River Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• N21 microfossil zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
• coral thicket, 2m thick
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. H. Bailey and S. A. Tedesco. 1986. Paleoecology of a Pliocene coral thicket from North Carolina: an example of temporal change in community structure and function. Journal of Paleontology 60(6):1159-1176 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71138: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2007, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Echinoidea | |
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
| Cirripedia | |
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Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
"Crassatella undulata" = Kalolophus antillarum
"Crassatella undulata" = Kalolophus antillarum Reeve 1842 clam | |
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Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
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Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam
Parvilucina crenulata Conrad 1840 clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam | |
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam | |
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Erycina carolinensis clam | |
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Mysella bladenensis clam | |
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam | |
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, Gemma magna, Gouldia metastriata, "Mercenaria carolinensis" = Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis
"Pitar sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
Gouldia metastriata venus clam
"Mercenaria carolinensis" = Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis Conrad 1875 quahog | |
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Fabella calpix clam
Ensitellops elongata clam | |
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Aligena striata Lea 1843 aligena clam | |
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Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
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Pandora tuomeyi clam | |
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Modiolus ducatellii Conrad 1840 mussel | |
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata, Glycymeris americana
"Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata Say 1824 clam
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
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Noetia carolinensis clam | |
"Ostrea sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata
"Ostrea sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Argopecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus
"Argopecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
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Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
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Yoldia laevis Say 1824 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium attenuatum Say 1824 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Balcis eborea" = Melanella eborea
"Balcis eborea" = Melanella eborea Conrad 1846 snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata, Crucibulum multilineatum
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crucibulum multilineatum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
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Clathrus antillarum wentletrap | |
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Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
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Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
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Cymatosyrinx cf. lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
"Cryoturris cf. magnoliana" = Kurtziella (Cryoturris)
"Cryoturris cf. magnoliana" = Kurtziella (Cryoturris) snail | |
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Ilyanassa cf. porcina snail
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail
Nassarius chowanensis Gardner 1943 snail | |
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Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon aruanum whelk | |
"Anachis cf. avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Anachis cf. avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail | |
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Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
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Prunum bellum margin shell
Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell | |
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Urosalpinx trossula murex snail
Urosalpinx perrugata Conrad 1846 murex snail
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
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Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros, "Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Lunatia heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
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Teinostoma tectispira snail
Cochliolepis sp. Stimpson 1858 snail | |
"Turbonilla nivea" = Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) ivea, Turbonilla interrupta
"Turbonilla nivea" = Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) ivea Stimpson 1851 snail
Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail | |
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Tortifusus curvirostrus snail | |
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Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
"Arene pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata
"Arene pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata Stearns 1872 snail | |
| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Septastrea crassa Holmes 1860 stony coral | |