USGS 31843 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Walkers Bluff

Where: North Carolina (35.8° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

• Sohl and Christopher

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and R. A. Christopher. 1983. The Black Creek-Peedee formational contact (Upper Cretaceous) in the Cape Fear river region of North Carolina. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1285:1-37 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7619: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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"Shark" indet.
Shark teeth
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea jingle
Anomia lintea Conrad
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea blackensis oyster
Flemingostrea blackensis (Stephenson)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus sp.
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca maconensis clam
Trigonarca maconensis Conrad
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Trigonarca sp.
Trigonarca triquetra clam
Trigonarca triquetra Conrad
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Caryocorbula oxynema clam
Caryocorbula? oxynema (Stephenson)
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella mullinensis clam
Veniella mullinensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora trigonalis clam
Cymbophora trigonalis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam
Aphrodina sp.
Legumen ? carolinensis venus clam
Legumen carolinensis (Conrad)?
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium longstreeti cockle
Trachycardium longstreeti (Weller)
Trachycardium vaughani cockle
Trachycardium vaughani (Stephenson)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera sp. Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Tellinimeria sp.
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella ? hodgei Stephenson 1923 clam
Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)?
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia ? bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia ? bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
Scabrotrigonia bartrami (Stephenson)?
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk
Buccinopsis? sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) quadrilira, "Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) quadrilira Johnson 1898 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) quadrilira (Johnson)
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad)