Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.7° N, 57.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Comfort Member (Castle Hayne Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• See McLeod and Barnes (2008) for a discussion of the geology.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: S. A. McLeod and L. G. Barnes. 2008. A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain. Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41:73-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127117: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.04.2012

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