Where: Robeson County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Duplin Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. From Siple (1957) "The Duplin in South Carolina is considered to be equivalent to the upper Yorktown of Virginia and the Cancellaria biofacies within the Choctawhatchee stage of Florida." AGE: Late Pliocene. Campbell (1974) suggested an age of zone N-20, or about 3.0-3.5 Ma for the type section of the Duplin Fm at Natural Well, late Pliocene age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections.
Primary reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59309: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata, "Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica
Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata Say 1824 clam
"Astarte (Ashtarotha) concentrica" = Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam Also includes: A. (A.) concentrica conradi
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"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana, "Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata
"Glans (Pteromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam Also includes: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata
"Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
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Petricola (Petricolaria) carolinensis, "Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta, "Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus, "Chione (Chione) grus" = Timoclea grus, "Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis, "Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Gemma magna
Petricola (Petricolaria) carolinensis venus clam
"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam
"Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) grus" = Timoclea grus Holmes 1858 venus clam
"Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
"Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam | |
Pseudochama corticosa jewel box | |
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam | |
Bornia triangula Glenn 1904 clam | |
Corbicula densata clam | |
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana, "Tellina (Moerella) macilenta" = Moerella macilenta, "Macoma carolinensis" = Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis
"Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana" = Moerella dupliniana Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Tellina (Moerella) macilenta" = Moerella macilenta Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Macoma carolinensis" = Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919 tellin clam | |
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"Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata
"Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus" = Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam Subspecies: P. (C.) trisulcatus multistriatus
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Terebra (Strioterebrum) neglecta" = Strioterebrum1, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) robesonensis" = Strioterebrum1, Terebra (Paraterebra) unilineata1
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"Anachis (Thiarinella) styliola" = Metulella (Thiarinella)1
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"Uzita vibex" = Nassarius (Uzita)1, Uzita neogenensis1, Ilyanassa isogramma1, Ilyanassa granifera1, Ilyanassa schizopyga1, Ilyanassa scalaspira1, Ilyanassa johnsoni1, Ilyanassa sexdentata1, Ilyanassa irrorata1
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"Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) carolinensis" = Akleistostoma carolinensis1
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"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata1
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