Where: Pender County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 67.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Castle Hayne Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32898: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian |