USGS 31862: Campanian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
Indet. neogastropods
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
? Ampullospira sp. n. sp. Harris 1897
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Ampullospira? n. sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
rare category
Glycymeris sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
rare category
Pinna sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea subspatulata
common category
Flemingostrea subspatulata (Forbes) (early form)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
rare category
Lima sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
? Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
rare category
Anomia? sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes ? berryi
rare category
Camptonectes berryi (Stephenson)?
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella mitchelli
common category
Crenella mitchelli Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
? Brachymeris sp. Conrad 1873
rare category
Brachymeris? sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
rare category
Cyprimeria sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella mullinensis
rare category
Veniella mullinensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870
rare category
Solyma sp.
Tellinimera sp. Conrad 1860
rare category
Tellinimeria sp.
Tellinimera stephensoni
rare category
Tellinimeria stephensoni (Salisbury)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia donohuensis
abundant category
Trachycardium donohuensis (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
rare category
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
rare category
Crassatella sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus walkerensis
Hamulus walkerensis Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina
Coordinates: 35.8° North, 78.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° North, 49.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Black Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl and Christopher
Metadata
Also known as:Deepwater Point
Database number:7627
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2021-09-22 14:46:30
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]