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Ostrea sculpturata

Geological Range

Early Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

South Florida to Virginia.

Remarks

Note the northernmost Middle Pleistocene occurrence on the map is erroneous; this will be corrected in the future.

Original description from Conrad (1840; p. 50-51):

"Shell subovate, plicated, folds very irregular, superior valve flat; disks with short irregular impressed lines; cardinal area large; cartilage groove oblique, not deeply impressed; muscular impression very long and obliquely sublunate.

Locality. James river, near Smithfield, Va.

Observations. I referred this species to the O. virginiana in my first publication on the Tertiary fossils, p. 28. pl. xiv. fig. 2. It is not very abundant, and may be distinguished from the preceding by its larger size, more numerous plicae, and the impressed lines, &c."

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene
Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
Middle Pleistocene
Bermont Formation (S. FL)
Early Pleistocene
Bear Bluff Formation (SC)
Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
Chowan River Formation (VA)
James City Formation (NC)
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene
Croatan Formation (Lower) (NC)
Duplin Formation (SC, NC)
Duplin / Raysor formations (GA)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (GA, SC, NC)
Tamiami Formation (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Buckingham Limestone) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Lower) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
Yorktown Formation (NC, VA)
Yorktown Formation (Moore House Member) (VA)
Yorktown Formation (Mogarts Beach Clay) (VA)
Early Pliocene
Goose Creek Limestone (GA, SC)
<i>Ostrea sculpturata</i> from either the Early Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Fm. or Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Okeechobee County, Florida (UF 145590).
Ostrea sculpturata from either the Early Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Fm. or Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Okeechobee County, Florida (UF 145590).
<i>Ostrea sculpturata</i> right valves from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847).
Ostrea sculpturata right valves from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847).
<i>Ostrea sculpturata</i> left valves from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847).
Ostrea sculpturata left valves from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847).
<i>Ostrea sculpturata</i> from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847), highlighting crenulated margin.
Ostrea sculpturata from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847), highlighting crenulated margin.
<i>Ostrea sculpturata</i> from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847), highlighting crenulated margin.
Ostrea sculpturata from the Plio-Pleistocene (formation unknown) of DeSoto County, Florida (PRI 40847), highlighting crenulated margin.
Late Pleistocene Map
Late Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Middle Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map
Early Pliocene Map
Early Pliocene Map