Bells Bridge: Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Mclellania aenigma
Wilson 1983
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Wilson 1983 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Eschrichtius polyporus n. sp.
Cope 1869
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| recombined as Cetotherium polyporum | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Ontocetus emmonsi
Leidy 1859
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Kohno and Ray 2008 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Edgecombe |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 77.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 76.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Yorktown | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Yorktown Formation identified from NC geologic map | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: brackish, shallow, warm to temperate, nearshore | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49983 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-03 09:00:12 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:45:44 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2005-08-03 09:00:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13420. | E. D. Cope. 1870. Fourth contribution to the history of the fauna of the Miocene and Eocene periods of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:285-294 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 26222 | N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 17889 | D. Wilson. 1983. The Lee Creek enigma, Mclellania aenigma, a new taxon in fossil Cirrhipedia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:483-498 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |