Where: King George County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 58.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aquia Formation (Pamunkey Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91859: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895 snail | |
Odostomia "sp. C" Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla potomacensis snail | |
Sceptrum marylandicum snail | |
Litiopa marylandica snail | |
cf. Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail | |
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi, cf. Eopleurotoma potomacensis, Surculites "sp. A", "Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia)
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi turrid
Surculites "sp. A" Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
? Mesorhytis pomonkensis mitre shell | |
Latirus marylandicus snail
cf. Lirofusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Cantharus (Endopachychilus) marylandicus true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Galeodea "sp. B" Link 1807 snail | |
Aporrhais potomacensis snail | |
Calyptraphorus "sp. C" Conrad 1857 snail | |
Priscoficus arguta fig shell
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
"Calliostoma" "sp. B" Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Panopea elongata clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) pyga venus clam | |
Tellina (Angulus) virginiana Clark 1895 tellin clam | |
Nemocardium "sp. C" Meek 1876 cockle | |
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam | |
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam | |
Chlamys johnsoni scallop | |
Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Conrad 1862 clam | |
Brachidontes potomacensis mussel | |
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam |