Where: Brunswick County, North Carolina (34.0° N, 78.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 78.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Waccamaw Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waccamaw Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the FLMNH, USNM
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: H. Vokes and E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Gainesville, Florida; USNM.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80034: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Anadara) sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
Glycymeris americana Defrance 1826 clam | |
Noetia sp. Gray 1857 clam | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Caryocorbula conradi Gardner 1944 clam | |
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Mercenaria campechiensis, "Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata, Chione (Chione) cortinaria, "Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata, Pitar castoriana
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
"Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
Chione (Chione) cortinaria Rogers and Rogers 1847 venus clam
"Chione (Chione) cancellata" = Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Pitar castoriana venus clam | |
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866 jewel box | |
"Phlyctiderma soror" = Diplodonta soror
"Phlyctiderma soror" = Diplodonta soror Adams 1852 clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam | |
Marvacrassatella sp. Ward and Blackwelder 1987 clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903 clam
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam
Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
Ilyanassa sexdentata Conrad 1843 snail | |
Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail |