78SK35 - Unit 4: Serravallian, Maryland
collected by Kidwell 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Astrehelia palmata
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1 individual | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Abertellidae
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Abertella aberti
(Conrad 1842)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma philanthropus
(Conrad 1834)
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8 individuals | |||||||||
Calliostoma cf. humile
(Conrad 1830)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Calliostoma ? aphelium
Dall 1892
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Teinostoma liparum
(Lea 1843)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Solariorbis lipara | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scala sp.
Humphrey
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1 individual | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Scala) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula ? plana
Say 1822
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Crucibulum multilineatum
(Conrad 1842)
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45 individuals | |||||||||
[entered as Crucibulum multiulineatum] | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia heros
(Say 1822)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Euspira heros | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa sp.
Röding 1798
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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? Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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3 individuals | |||||||||
= Scaphella sp.
Swainson 1832
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Ward 1992 | |||||||||
original and current combination Scaphella | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora sp.
Conrad 1843
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 individual | |||||||||
or Pyrula sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella variabilis
Conrad 1830
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Turritella (Torcula) variabilis | ||||||||||
Turritella plebeia
Say 1824
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Mariacolpus plebeia | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus newtonensis
Meyer and Aldrich 1886
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara staminea
(Say 1832)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Dallarca staminea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten nefrens
Ward and Blackwlder 1975
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23 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon maxillata
(Lamarck 1819)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus incurvus
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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11 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina crenulatus
(Conrad 1840)
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18 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Parvilucina crenulata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bicorbula idonea
(Conrad 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Caryocorbula inaequalis
(Say 1824)
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20 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Corbula inaequalis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Aligena aequata
(Conrad 1843)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
or Solecardia cossmani | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus cf. ignolea
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula sp.
Gray 1837
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1 individual | |||||||||
Spisula ? subparilis
(Conrad 1841)
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70 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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11 individuals | |||||||||
Mercenaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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4 individuals | |||||||||
? Pitar subnasuta
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18 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma laqueatum
(Conrad 1830)
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15 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma biplicata
(Conrad 1834)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Florimetis biplicata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Semele carinata
(Conrad 1830)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella turgidulus
(Conrad 1843)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Marvacrassatella turgidula | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte thisphila
Glenn 1904
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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73 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Concavus concavus | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Calvert |
Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 76.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° North, 73.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Choptank | Member: | Drumcliff |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Drumcliff Mbr of the Choptank Fm, Chesapeake Grp. AGE: Middle Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unit 4. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,medium,shelly/skeletal unlithified silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty fine-medium shelly sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on visual inspection of collection by enterer. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 1.000 | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
Collectors: | Kidwell | Collection dates: | 1978 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: S.K. Kidwell, 1978. REPOSITORY: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat modern. Identifications are based on Martin (1904) for gastropods and bivalves, with revisions following subsequent publications. |
Metadata
Also known as: | B-559 | ||
Database number: | 79114 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-02-25 19:56:52 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 09:15:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-25 19:56:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26560. | S. M. Kidwell. 1982. Stratigraphy, invertebrate taphonomy and depositional history of the Miocene Calvert and Choptank Formations, Atlantic Coastal Plain. Unpublished PhD thesis, Yale University 1-511 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
16985 | L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |