Section 5 (Unit C, James City Fm) - Lee Creek Mine (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as C 25367
Where: North Carolina (35.3° N, 76.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: James City Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Exposure of less than 1 m of unit C, James City Fm at base of section, overlying Chowan River Fm. Basinal/regional section name: Lee Creek Mine
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, gray, green sandstone
• Shallow shelf at a water depth of approximately 15 m, most of the beds being at a depth of 20 m or slightly greater.
• Greenish-gray iron stained clay fine sand. Large molluscs abundant.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,
• Collections reposited in USGS and USNM
Primary reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58897: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Exhaustive for Mollusca and with good nomenclature.
Show authors, comments, and common names
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| Bivalvia | |
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Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima, Nucula taphria
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
Nucula taphria Dall 1898 nut clam | |
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata, Cavilinga trisulcata
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam
Cavilinga trisulcata Conrad 1841 clam | |
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Aligena striata Lea 1843 aligena | |
Ensitellops elongata, "Anisodonta carolina" = Basterotia carolina
Ensitellops elongata clam
"Anisodonta carolina" = Basterotia carolina Dall 1900 clam | |
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Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam | |
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam | |
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Donax fossor Say 1822 clam | |
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Laevicardium sublineatum cockle | |
Transennella stimpsoni, Mercenaria permagna, "Ventricolaria lockei" = Globivenus, Gemma magna, Macrocallista greeni, Petricola pectorosa, Gouldia metastriata, Pitar chioneformis
Transennella stimpsoni Dall 1902 venus clam
Mercenaria permagna Conrad 1838 quahog
"Ventricolaria lockei" = Globivenus venus clam
Macrocallista greeni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 venus clam
Petricola pectorosa Conrad 1834 venus clam
Pitar chioneformis venus clam | |
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Chama gardnerae jewel box | |
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Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam | |
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Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam
Phlyctiderma heroni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam | |
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Bornia triangula Glenn 1904 clam | |
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Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
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Paramya subovata Conrad 1845 softshell clam | |
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Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
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Pandora tuomeyi clam | |
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Thracia brioni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam | |
Carditamera arata, Pleuromeris decemcostata, Pleuromeris auroraensis, Pteromeris perplana, Cyclocardia cf. granulata
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad 1867 clam
Pleuromeris auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam
Cyclocardia cf. granulata Say 1824 clam | |
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Astarte berryi clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
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Marvacrassatella kauffmani Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
Crassinella johnsoni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
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Anadara aequicostata Conrad 1845 ark | |
"Glycymeris arata" = Tucetona arata, Glycymeris sloani
"Glycymeris arata" = Tucetona arata Conrad 1841 clam
Glycymeris sloani Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam | |
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? Leptopecten auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 scallop
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
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Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
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Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster Subspecies: C. virginica auroraensis; also spelt Grassostrea
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Musculus lateralis mussel
Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
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Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
"Arene pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata
"Arene pergemma" = Marevalvata tricarinata Stearns 1872 snail | |
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Didianema carolinae snail | |
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Diodora nucula snail | |
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Epitonium fractum wentletrap | |
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Eulima juncea Gardner 1948 snail
"Balcis eborea" = Melanella eborea Conrad 1846 snail
Balcis beufortensis snail
? Balcis sp. Leach 1847 snail | |
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
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Caecum beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 snail
"Caecum flemingi" = Caecum (Defolinia) flemingi Gardner and Aldrich 1919 snail
Caecum imbricatum Carpenter 1858 snail | |
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Teinostoma smirkon snail
Teinostoma tectispira snail
Teinostoma beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 snail
Macromphalina hanseni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 snail | |
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Rissoa geraea Dall 1892 snail | |
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Serpulorbis granifera Say 1824 worm shell | |
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Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Trivia floridana" = Niveria suffusa
"Trivia floridana" = Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 snail | |
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Urosalpinx cf. perrugata Conrad 1846 murex snail
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
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Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
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Dentimargo ? polyspira Olsson and Harbison 1953 margin shell
Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell | |
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Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
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Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
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Busycon adversarius whelk | |
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Nassarius ? schizopyga Dall 1892 snail
Nassarius chowanensis Gardner 1943 snail | |
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Mitrella waccamawensis snail
Aesopus stearnsii dovesnail
Aesopus gardnerae Ward and Blackwelder 1987 dovesnail
Anachis milleri snail | |
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Vexillum wandoense Holmes 1859 ribbed mitre | |
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Bittium podagrinum cerith snail | |
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Turritella perexilis turret shell
Turritella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 turret shell | |
Crepidula lawrencei, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula lawrencei slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
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Odostomia simplex Lea 1843 snail
Turbonilla abrupta snail | |
| Triphora dupliniana | |
"Triphora dupliniana" = Cosmotriphora dupliniana
"Triphora dupliniana" = Cosmotriphora dupliniana Olsson 1916 | |