Chappaquiddick Island: Eocene, Massachusetts
collected by Hollick
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula aff. potomacensis
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiola hollicki
Brown 1905
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recombined as Modiolus hollicki | ||||||||||
Modiola vineyardensis
Brown 1905
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recombined as Brachidontes vineyardensis | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Modiola vineyardensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplexiformis
Brown 1905
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Anomia paucistriata
Brown 1905
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris aff. decussatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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= Glycymeris aff. wrigleyi
Curry 1958
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula whitfieldi
Brown 1905
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recombined as Cuneocorbula whitfieldi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia semicostata
Brown 1905
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Odostomia crenulata
Brown 1905
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Terebra juvenicostata
Brown 1905
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 70.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 57.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic units. THICKNESS: AGE: STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From reworked concretions within unit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous,shelly/skeletal lithified carbonaceous siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Ferruginous fine-grained siliciclastic concretions LITHIFICATION: | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,concretion,original aragonite,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Collectors: | Hollick |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Hollick. REPOSITORY: Probably AMNH, New York. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Antiquated, but revised by A. Hendy where possible. Initially identified by R.P. Whitfield (AMNH). |
Metadata
Database number: | 80299 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-04-11 19:26:04 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-11 19:26:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27005. | T. C. Brown. 1905. A new lower Tertiary fauna from Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard. American Journal of Science 20:229-238 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |