USGS 10625 (Broadhurst Bridge, Neuse River), Castle Hayne marl, Wayne Co., NC (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, North Carolina (35.4° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 67.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castle Hayne Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• The Castle Hayne is described as Jackson (Eocene) in age. Age after Ward et al. 1978.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, white, yellow marl

• soft whitish-yellow ground-shell marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41926: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten cookei" = Chlamys cookei
"Pecten cookei" = Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster