Where: Camden County, North Carolina (36.3° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pamlico Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pamlico Formation. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: AMNH. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69047: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Argopecten irradians Lamarck 1819 calico scallop | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Divalinga sp. Chavan 1951 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog | |
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail | |
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
Ilyanassa trivitta snail
Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus Say 1822 snail | |
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell |