USGS 5358, Bryant Newkirk's marl hole: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by Stephenson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea antrosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonoarca triquetra
original and current combination Trigonarca
Trigonoarca sp. (Conrad 1862)
original and current combination Trigonarca
"n. sp."
Glycymeris subaustralis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cretacea Morton 1834
recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula carolinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium longstreeti
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cardium spillmani Conrad 1858
Cardium eufaulense Conrad 1860
recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
original and current combination Linearis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
? Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
"same as at Whiteley Creek Landing"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites carolinensis (Conrad 1875)
original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. percrassa
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cretacea
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Corax falcatus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Squalicorax falcatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Lamna texana Roemer 1852
recombined as Scapanorhynchus texanus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus appendiculatus (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
1 specimen
plate
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Sampson
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 78.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 49.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Black Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "dark green or greenish-gray, fossiliferous sand with an occasional indurated, calcareous layer likewise fossiliferous"
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Stephenson
Metadata
Also known as:Black River, milepost 66
Database number:190550
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-12-11 16:12:15 Last modified:2017-12-11 16:12:15
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-11 16:12:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64076. L. W. Stephenson. 1912. The Cretaceous formations. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 3:73-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]