Chappaquiddick Island: Eocene, Massachusetts
collected by Hollick

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. potomacensis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola hollicki Brown 1905
recombined as Modiolus hollicki
Modiola vineyardensis Brown 1905
recombined as Brachidontes vineyardensis
SUBSPECIES: Modiola vineyardensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplexiformis Brown 1905
Anomia paucistriata Brown 1905
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris aff. decussatus (Linnaeus 1758)
    = Glycymeris aff. wrigleyi Curry 1958
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula whitfieldi Brown 1905
recombined as Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia semicostata Brown 1905
Odostomia crenulata Brown 1905
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Terebra juvenicostata Brown 1905
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
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]