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 | |
Bivalvia | |
Brachidontes potomacensis mussel | |
Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Conrad 1862 clam | |
Chlamys johnsoni scallop | |
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Panopea elongata clam | |
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam | |
Nemocardium "sp. C" Meek 1876 cockle | |
Tellina (Angulus) virginiana Clark 1895 tellin clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) pyga venus clam | |
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam | |
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895 snail | |
"Calliostoma" "sp. B" Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Priscoficus arguta fig shell
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Aporrhais potomacensis snail | |
Calyptraphorus "sp. C" Conrad 1857 snail | |
Galeodea "sp. B" Link 1807 snail | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi, cf. Eopleurotoma potomacensis, "Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia), Surculites "sp. A"
cf. Eopleurotoma harrisi turrid
"Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Surculites "sp. A" Conrad 1865 turrid | |
? Mesorhytis pomonkensis mitre shell | |
cf. Lirofusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Latirus marylandicus snail | |
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Cantharus (Endopachychilus) marylandicus true whelk | |
cf. Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail | |
Litiopa marylandica snail | |
Odostomia "sp. C" Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla potomacensis snail | |
Sceptrum marylandicum snail |