USGS 31797: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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| Crab fingers | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga indet.
Röding 1798
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| Lithophaga sp. (borings) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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? Ambigostrea tecticosta
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common category | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea? tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Acutostrea plumosa
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common category | |||||||||
| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Flemingostrea subspatulata
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Flemingostrea subspatulata (Forbes) (early form) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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| Exogyra sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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| Lima sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia linifera
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia linifera Conrad | ||||||||||
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Anomia lintea
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common category | |||||||||
| Anomia lintea Conrad | ||||||||||
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Anomia informal lintea donohuensis
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few category | |||||||||
| Anomia lintea donohuensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia sp. | ||||||||||
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Anomia argentaria
Morton 1833
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few category | |||||||||
| Anomia argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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few category | |||||||||
| Camptonectes sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca carolinensis
Conrad 1849
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few category | |||||||||
| recombined as Barbatia carolinensis | ||||||||||
| Arca carolinensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Parmicorbula ? bisulcata
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few category | |||||||||
| Corbula bisulcata? Conrad? | ||||||||||
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? Caryocorbula oxynema
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
| Caryocorbula? oxynema (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia sp.
Scott 1978
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rare category | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
| Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa informal indet. branching
(Ehrenberg 1831)
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| bryozoa branching | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa informal indet. encrusting
(Ehrenberg 1831)
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| bryozoa encrusting | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Selachii indet.
()
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| Shark teeth | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 55.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Nannofossil zone: | CC25-CC26 |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Peedee | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Burleigh and Self-Trail (2006) report that the Peedee Fm in North Carolina spans zones CC25a, CC25b, and CC26a. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl and Christopher | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Donoho Creek Landing | ||
| Database number: | 7614 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2009-08-18 21:44:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 467. | 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] |