Where: Lenoir County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 67.0° 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.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white, yellow 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 41929: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula crassa n. sp.
Terebratula crassa n. sp. d'Archiac 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis, "Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa" = Gryphaeostrea vomer
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster
"Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa" = Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop |