North Carolina Lime Co. [Castle Hayne Lmst] (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 68.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castle Hayne Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone

• The depositional environment of the Castle Hayne Formation exhibits subtropical temperatures at shallow shelf depths.
• a bryozoan biomicrudite 2.5 m thick according to baum (1978, pers. comm.)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Kier. 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39:1-102 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5387: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 29.09.1999, edited by Mark Uhen and Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet.1
Carangidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815
 Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphiorhynchus antiquus1
 Acanthopterygii -
Cylindracanthus rectus1
Cylindracanthus rectus1 Agassiz 1843
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet.2
Basilosauridae indet.2 Cope 1867 whale
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren sp.1
Protosiren sp.1 Abel 1904 sirenian
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Procarcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens1
"Procarcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens1 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon nova1, Striatolamia macrota1
Anomotodon nova1 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota1 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp.1, "Odontaspis ? koerti" = Brachycarcharias koerti1
Odontaspis sp.1 Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis ? koerti" = Brachycarcharias koerti1 Stromer 1910 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus americanus1
Isurus americanus1 mackerel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera "sp. 1"1, Rhinoptera "sp. 2"1, Rhinoptera sp.1
Rhinoptera "sp. 1"1 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Rhinoptera "sp. 2"1 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Rhinoptera sp.1 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
or Myliobatis
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.1
Myliobatis sp.1 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet.1
Dasyatidae indet.1 Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis curvidens1
Pristis curvidens1 Leidy 1855 sawfish
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia hanoverensis
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus carolinensis
Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
Thecostraca
 Calanticomorpha - Calanticidae
Euscalpellum carolinensis3
Euscalpellum carolinensis3 Zullo and Baum 1981 barnacle
1Domning et al. 1982; 2Uhen 2013; 3Zullo and Baum 1981