Where: North Carolina (35.4° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 73.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belhaven Member (Pungo River Formation), Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 13.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; phosphatic, brown, green sandstone and phosphatic, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),
Primary reference: J. G. Carter and J. Nekola. 1992. Molluscan fauna of the Pungo River Formation, Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Southeastern Section, The Paleontological Society [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173101: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Tellidora sp. Morch 1856 tellin clam | |
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
Rebeccapecten berryae Ward 1992 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Ecphora aurora Wilson 1987 murex snail |