Martin Marrieta Quarry: Rupelian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Apiocyphraea sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Dentalium ? opaculum
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica fungina
Conrad 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea sp.
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora mississippiensis
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella caelatura
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243 specimens | |||||||||
| T. caelatura alani n. subsp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella neusensis n. sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. aperta
(Solander 1766)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| C. (Trochita) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina aff. menthafontis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira vicksburgensis
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| two varieties | ||||||||||
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Clavidrupa anita
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Streptochetus indistinctus
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus spiniger
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix mississippiensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra (Terebrellina) divisura
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| T. (Terebrellina) divisura divisura | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus alveatus
Conrad 1865
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurofusia menthafons
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Turricula (Orthosurcula) aequa n. sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Orthosurcula | ||||||||||
| T. (Orthosurcula) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria (Lyria) concinna n. sp.
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| L. (Lyria) | ||||||||||
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Scaphella saintjeani n. sp.
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Dermomurex aff. sexangulus
(Dall 1915)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Ecphora wheeleri n. sp.
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio (Distorsio) crassidens
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| D. (Distorsio) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Oocorys vadosus n. sp.
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Semicassis caelatura
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47 specimens | |||||||||
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Phalium newbernensis n. sp.
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Galeodaria britti n. sp.
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium planinodum n. sp.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus cf. harrisi
(Martin 1904)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Ficus mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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45 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia serica
(Conrad 1848)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten trentensis
Harris 1919
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Rebeccapecten trentensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte paroxis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris aff. cookei
Dall 1916
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Ventricolaria judithae
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85 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Globivenus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Stewartia) micraulax n. sp.
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47 specimens | |||||||||
| L. (Stewartia) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Craven |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 77.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 70.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Vicksburgian |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | River Bend | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "entire exposure... measures only a few meters in thickness" and material is from only the lower part of the exposure | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,brown sandy wackestone |
| Lithology description: light-brown, very slightly sandy biocalcirudite, predominantly micrite with minor amounts of fine to medium, blocky microspar | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: upper levels at same quarry yielded barnacles and echinoids that were not described molds of aragonitic forms were preserved using latex casts | |
| Taxonomic list comments:apparently only molds of molluscs are present | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 4880 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-28 15:00:50 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-28 15:00:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 297. | T. J. Rossbach and J. G. Carter. 1991. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the lower River Bend Formation at Martin Marietta Quarry, New Bern, North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 65(1):80-118 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |