PRI 2144, Wilmington City rock quarry: Bartonian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras carolinense
Kellum 1926
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Eutrephoceras berryi
Miller 1947
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella subtilis
Kellum 1926
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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? Vasum wilmingtonense
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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"Pleurotomaria" nixa
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Pecchiolia dalliana
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | New Hanover |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 77.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 68.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Castle Hayne |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| 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: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91110 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-04 19:56:51 | Last modified: | 2019-07-29 22:48:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-04 19:56:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |