Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co. - Cape May Fm (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Delaware Loc. 3

Where: Sussex County, Delaware (38.6° N, 75.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.7° N, 74.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66703: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata, Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Barnea costata
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma gemma, Mercenaria mercenaria, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima, Mulinia lateralis
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten irradians" = Argopecten irradians
"Aequipecten irradians" = Argopecten irradians Lamarck 1819 calico scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel