Section 5 (Chowan River Fm) - Lee Creek Mine: Late/Upper Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus quadridentatus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla abrupta
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Pyrgiscus daedaleum
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| spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) | ||||||||||
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Pyrgiscus sp.
Philippi 1841
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| spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium carolinae
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Epitonium sohli
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Epitonium leai
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella perexilis
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Turritella beaufortensis
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Vermicularia spirata
(Philippi 1836)
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Balcis biconica
(Gardner 1948)
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula aculeata
(Gmelin 1791)
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| recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus | ||||||||||
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Calyptraea centralis
(Conrad 1841)
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Crepidula plana
Say 1822
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crucibulum lawrencei
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila adamsi
(Lea 1845)
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| recombined as Seila adamsii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis ganifera
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Volvarina avena
(Kiener 1834)
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Prunum limatulum
(Conrad 1834)
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Dentimargo ? polyspira
(Olsson and Harbison 1953)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx cf. perrugata
(Conrad 1846)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Granulina ovuliformis
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva carolinensis
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon adversarius
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius cornelliana
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Nassarius chowanensis
(Gardner 1943)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Anachis milleri
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Aesopus stearnsii
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Aesopus gardnerae
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Cymatosyrinx lunata
(Lea 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum sp.
Sacco 1891
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Vexillum wandoense
(Holmes 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tectonatica pusilla
(Say 1822)
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Polinices duplicata
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Cyclostremiscus obliquestriatus
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma smirkon
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum pulchellum
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Caecum flemingi
Gardner and Aldrich 1919
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| recombined as Caecum (Defolinia) flemingi | ||||||||||
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Caecum imbricatum
Carpenter 1858
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Gastropoda
- Areneidae
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Arene pergemma
(Gardner 1948)
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| synonym of Marevalvata tricarinata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Liotiidae
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Didianema carolinae
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora nucula
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina candei
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana acuta
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula proxima
Say 1820
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| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima | ||||||||||
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Nucula taphria
Dall 1898
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus cf. modiolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus | ||||||||||
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella decussata
(Montagu 1808)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Conradostrea lawrencei
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Carolinapecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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? Leptopecten auroraensis
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris hummi
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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Glycymeris sloani
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Glycymeris arata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Tucetona arata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia limula
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara aequicostata
(Conrad 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina multilineata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | ||||||||||
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Cavilinga trisulcata
(Conrad 1841)
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia emmonsii
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora tuomeyi
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia brioni
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Cyrtopleura sp.
Tryon 1862
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Paramya subovata
(Conrad 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula auroraensis
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| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Caryocorbula contracta
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliidae
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Bornia triangula
(Glenn 1904)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Raeta plicatella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula similis
(Say 1822)
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= Spisula solidissima
Dilwyn 1817
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia metastriata
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Macrocallista greeni
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Transennella stimpsoni
Dall 1902
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Mercenaria permagna
(Conrad 1838)
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Pitar chioneformis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta acclinis
(Conrad 1832)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax fossor
Say 1822
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina agilis
Stimpson 1857
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| recombined as Angulus agilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra aequalis
(Say 1822)
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Cumingia tellionoides
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Ensitellops elongata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Aligena striata
Lea 1843
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis directus
(Conrad 1844)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella dupliniana
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Crassinella lunulata
(Conrad 1834)
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Crassinella johnsoni
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Carditamera arata
(Conrad 1832)
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Cyclocardia cf. granulata
(Say 1824)
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Pteromeris perplana
(Dall 1903)
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Pleuromeris decemcostata
Conrad 1867
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Pleuromeris auroraensis
Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Erycinella ovalis
Conrad 1845
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte berryi
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Astarte concentrica
Conrad 1834
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 76.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chowan RIver | ||||
| Local section: | Section 5 | Local bed: | B | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Exposure of less than 1 m of Chowan River Fm at base of section, overlain by James City Fm. Basinal/regional section name: Lee Creek Mine | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows,coarse,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Olive gray coarse sand, bedded, burrowed, mottled, partly indurated with differential leaching. Fine shell in unleached portions. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: Shallow shelf at a water depth of approximately 15 m, most of the beds being at a depth of 20 m or slightly greater. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited in USGS and USNM | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca and with good nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | B 25366 | ||
| Database number: | 58895 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-28 11:36:03 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-28 11:36:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16700. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 19909 | 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] |