Sample J-21 - Pollocksville [Trent Fm] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 70.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trent Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Trent Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Rupelian, following other collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• LITHOLOGY: Poorly-washed, echinoid biosparite.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: V. A. Zullo and G. R. Baum. 1979. Paleogene barnacles from the Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Southeastern Geology 20(4):229-246 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159939: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquate nomenclature, but species resolution identifications.
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi Zullo and Baum 1979 barnacle