Also known as C 25370
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 at base of section and covered above. 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
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 58898: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Modiolus cf. modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
"Modiolus cf. modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Conradostrea lawrencei Ward and Blackwelder 1987 oyster | |
? Leptopecten auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 scallop
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Glycymeris sloani Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Anadara aequicostata Conrad 1845 ark | |
Noetia limula clam | |
Cyclocardia cf. granulata Say 1824 clam
Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad 1867 clam
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam | |
Astarte berryi clam
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834 clam | |
Marvacrassatella kauffmani Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam | |
Mercenaria permagna Conrad 1838 quahog
Macrocallista greeni Ward and Blackwelder 1987 venus clam
Pitar chioneformis venus clam | |
Diplodonta berryi clam
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Anisodonta carolina" = Basterotia carolina
"Anisodonta carolina" = Basterotia carolina Dall 1900 clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834 margin shell | |
Volutifusus typhis volute | |
"Busycon spiratus" = Busycotypus spiratus, "Busycon concinnum" = Busycotypus concinnum
"Busycon spiratus" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk Subspecies: Busycon spiratus pyruloides
"Busycon concinnum" = Busycotypus concinnum Conrad 1875 whelk | |
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
Turritella perexilis turret shell
Turritella beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 turret shell | |
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