PRI Loc. 1634 (sample 25, replicate A) [Mogarts Mbr, Yorktown Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: James City County, Virginia (37.2° N, 76.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.6° N, 75.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Morgarts Beach Member (Yorktown Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Morgarts Beach Mbr of the Yorktown Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "Gray layer in lower part of bank".

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, silty sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, restricted/sheltered, fine-grained siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector (possibly E.R. Smith). REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca.

Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79247: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and other macroinvertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Lists, counts, and identifications compiled by A. Hendy, in reference to Glenn (1904), Martin (1904), Gardner (1947), Ward (1992), and Ward and Gillinsky (1993).
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sculpturata
Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Placopecten clintonius, Chlamys decemaria, Chesapecten jeffersonius
Placopecten clintonius Say 1824 scallop
Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Costaglycymeris subovata
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella undulatus
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divalinga quadrisulcata, Stewartia anodonta
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula inaequalis" = Corbula inaequalis
"Caryocorbula inaequalis" = Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus sp.
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp.
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum
Chesacardium acutilaqueatum Conrad 1839 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
"Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta
Mulinia congesta Conrad 1833 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium alternatum
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira heros
Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella pilsbryi
Turritella pilsbryi Gardner 1928 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crepidula spinosa" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell