Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co. - Cape May Fm (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as New Jersey Loc. 3

Where: Middlesex County, New Jersey (40.5° N, 74.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.6° N, 73.8° 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).

• group of beds-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 (1933) and MacClintock and 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 66601: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.10.2006

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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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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata, Urosalpinx cinerea
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon carica, "Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula convexa, Crepidula plana, Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap