AMNH Loc. 1014 [Pamlico Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Richards (1962) [PBDB Ref# 18974].
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten irradians Lamarck 1819 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divalinga sp. Chavan 1951 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta acclinis Conrad 1832 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Ventricolaria sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Psammacoma (Psammacoma) sp. Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell