Lee Creek, Pungo River Fm, Belhaven Mmb (Miocene to of the United States)

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

• dark greenish brown phosphatic sand intercalated with greenish gray, indurated diatomaceous clay 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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellidora sp. Morch 1856 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Rebeccapecten berryae Ward 1992 scallop
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora aurora Wilson 1987 murex snail