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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle | |
Mesodesma arctatum Conrad 1831 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Astarte undata Gould 1841 clam | |
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula, Yoldia limatula
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842 clam
Yoldia limatula Say 1831 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella | |
Neptunea stonei Pilsbry 1893 true whelk | |
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail | |
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail |