Hudson Canyon, east of Delaware Bay (Holocene) (Holocene of the United States)

Also known as New Jersey Loc. 25

Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (38.2° N, 73.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 73.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Probably of Wisconsin age (Richards 1962).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards and Ruhle (1955). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66630: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesma arctatum Conrad 1831 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte undata Gould 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula, Yoldia limatula
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842 clam
Yoldia limatula Say 1831 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neptunea stonei Pilsbry 1893 true whelk
Colus stimpsoni Mörch 1868 true whelk
Subspecies: C. stimpsoni stimpsoni
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail