P-4, Maple Hill: Bartonian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pecchiola dalliana
Eupatagas carolinensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Ranina n. gen. sp. Lamarck 1801
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Oziidae
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Probolarina salpinx (Dall 1903)
Probolarina holmesii (Dall 1903)
recombined as Probolarina holmesi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845
recombined as Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina spp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula spheniopsis (Conrad 1865)
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gigantostrea trigonalis (Conrad 1854)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys spp.
Chlamys membranosus
Chlamys cookei (Kellum 1926)
Chlamys deshayesii (Lea 1833)
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
Placopecten ? spp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. cuculloides (Conrad 1833)
Barbatia cf. B. cuculloides
Barbatia rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia cf. nasuta Dall 1903
recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta
Venericardia cf. V. nasuta
Venericardia spp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp. Mörch 1853
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chama sp. a
Chama richardsi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis sp. Conrad 1866
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra sp. Conrad 1855
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium sp. Link 1807
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus cf. vitus
Tenagodus cf. T. vitus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801
Puncturella sp. Lowe 1827
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
Cephalopoda
Belosaepia sp. Voltz 1830
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia alabamanensis (Morton 1834)
recombined as Aturia alabamensis
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Democrinus sp. Perrier 1883
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia rugosa (Ravenel 1848)
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Echinocyamus sp. van Phelsum 1774
[entered as Echinocyamis sp.]
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella plana (Conrad 1865)
Periarchus lyelli (Conrad 1834)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia subrostrata
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae
Unifascia carolinensis (Clark and Twitchell 1915)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926
Linthia wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Agassizia wilmingtonica Cooke 1942
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Pender
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 77.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 68.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Claibornian
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Periarchus lyelli
Age range of interval:41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castle Hayne Member:Comfort
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: This collection is from the upper part of the formation. According to Powell and Baum, this collection could also fall under the Crassatella alta/Chlamys cawcawensis faunal zone, although the beginning of the C. alta zone is questionable due to unconformity.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified wackestone
Secondary lithology: grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: a bryozoan biosparrudite facies that interfingers with and is gradational with the overlying biomicrudite facies. (from baum et al. 1978)
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Geology comments: The Castle Hayne Limestone was deposited in an open, normal salinity environment between 30 m and 100 m in water depth. Comfort Member contains cross-bedded intervals, suggesting some energy, consistent with deep subtidal environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5366
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-27 13:44:20 Last modified:2019-07-29 22:41:05
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-27 13:44:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

318. R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]