Also known as LD-5
Where: Chesapeake County, Virginia (36.7° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Norfolk Member (Acredale Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Norfolk Mbr, middle member of the Acredale Fm, between the Great Bridge and Kempsville Mbrs. AGE: Late Pleistocene according to Spencer and Campbell (1987). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: YPM.
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 69049: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog | |
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
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Astyris lunata Say 1826 snail | |
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Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
Prunum roscidum Redfield 1860 margin shell | |
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Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell | |
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