USGS 10616 (Bourdeau tract), NE Cape Fear River, Pender Co., North Carolina (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Pender County, North Carolina (34.4° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 67.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• The Castle Hayne is described as Jackson (Eocene) in age. Kier (1980) updates local stratigraphy to Bartonian. Age after Ward et al. 1978.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, yellow marl

• loosely consolidated yellow earthy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41823: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys, "Pecten cookei" = Chlamys cookei, Spondylus lamellacea n. sp.
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop
"Pecten cookei" = Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop
Spondylus lamellacea n. sp. Kellum 1926 scallop
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926 heart urchin