78SK74 - Unit 1: Serravallian, Maryland
collected by Kidwell 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma aphelium
Dall 1892
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10 individuals | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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"Scala" sayana
Dall 1889
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1 individual | ||||||
synonym of Epitonium humphreysii | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora sp.
Conrad 1843
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula taphria
Dall 1898
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6 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana liciata
(Conrad 1843)
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3 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte ? thisphila
Glenn 1904
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4 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Parvilucina crenulatus
(Conrad 1840)
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52 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Parvilucina crenulata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula inaequalis
(Say 1824)
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8 individuals | ||||||
original and current combination Corbula inaequalis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia acetabulum
(Conrad 1832)
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24 individuals | ||||||
Mercenaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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16 individuals | ||||||
? Pitar subnasuta
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12 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula subparilis
(Conrad 1841)
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15 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus sp.
Poli 1795
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1 individual | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma laqueatum
(Conrad 1830)
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14 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele subovata
(Say 1824)
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7 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lasaeidae
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Aligena aequata
(Conrad 1843)
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2 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus ? ducatelli
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1 individual | ||||||
Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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1 individual | ||||||
Modiolus dalli
Glenn 1904
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1 individual | ||||||
Mytilus ? incurvus
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1 individual | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chesapecten nefrens
Ward and Blackwlder 1975
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14 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens | |||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus newtonensis
Meyer and Aldrich 1886
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10 individuals | ||||||
Lingulata
- Discinida
- Disciniidae
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Discinisca lugubris
(Conrad 1834)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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"Membranipora" sp.
Blainville 1834
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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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, 76.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° North, 73.7° 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 1. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | very fine,fine,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine-very fine sand, shelly. 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-516 | ||
Database number: | 79352 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-03 19:48:34 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 09:15:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-03 19:48:34 |
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] |