USGS 5359, milepost 64 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Black River

Where: Sampson County, North Carolina (34.7° N, 78.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Black Creek Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray, green, calcareous sandstone

• "dark green or greenish-gray, fossiliferous sand with an occasional indurated, calcareous layer likewise fossiliferous"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Stephenson

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1912. The Cretaceous formations. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 3:73-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190551: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus
"Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus major
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes crenata
Gyrodes crenata moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. percrassa
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Cymella bella
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya occidentalis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea carolinensis, Veniella conradi
Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium longstreeti, Cardium sp., "Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia eufaulensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
"Trigonia eufaulensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten argillensis n. sp.
Pecten argillensis n. sp. Conrad 1860 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea
"Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Trigonoarca triquetra" = Trigonarca, "Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca, Glycymeris subaustralis
"Trigonoarca triquetra" = Trigonarca clam
"Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca Conrad 1862 clam
"probably new species"
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam