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

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

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