Where: New Hanover County, North Carolina (34.2° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 68.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Castle Hayne Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, pebbly, phosphatic, shelly/skeletal wackestone and grainstone
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 5436: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.10.1999, edited by Marko Manojlovic and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia alabamensis Morton 1834 nautiloid | |
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Emarginula sp., "Fissuridea sp." = Diodora
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
"Fissuridea sp." = Diodora Gray 1821 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria hanoverensis n. sp." = Perotrochus (Perotrochus) hanoverensis, Pleurotomaria "sp. a"
"Pleurotomaria hanoverensis n. sp." = Perotrochus (Perotrochus) hanoverensis Kellum 1926 snail
Pleurotomaria "sp. a" Defrance 1826 snail | |
"Epitonium dignitatis n. sp." = Epitonium (Epitonium) dignitatis, "Epitonium aequabile n. sp." = Epitonium (Epitonium) aequabile
"Epitonium dignitatis n. sp." = Epitonium (Epitonium) dignitatis Kellum 1926 wentletrap
"Epitonium aequabile n. sp." = Epitonium (Epitonium) aequabile Kellum 1926 wentletrap | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Cerithium ? sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Siliquaria vitis" = Tenagodus vitis
"Siliquaria vitis" = Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail | |
Turritella subtilis n. sp.
Turritella subtilis n. sp. Kellum 1926 turret shell | |
Strombus ? sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
? Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell | |
Fusinus ? abruptus snail
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Conus ? mutilatus cone shell | |
Vasum wilmingtonense snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Cassis ? sp. Scopoli 1777 snail | |
Cypraea "sp. a" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. b" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. c" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. d" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. e" Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) scintillatus" = Eburneopecten scintillatus, "Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys, "Pecten (Chlamys) deshayesii" = Chlamys deshayesii, Spondylus lamellacea
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) scintillatus" = Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) deshayesii" = Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833 scallop
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926 scallop | |
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster | |
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
"Phacoides (Miltha) ? pandatus" = Miltha, Lucina sp.
"Phacoides (Miltha) ? pandatus" = Miltha clam
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Pecchiolia dalliana clam | |
Pholadomya claibornensis Aldrich 1886 clam | |
Meiocardia carolinae Harris 1919 clam | |
Chama "sp. a" Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama "sp. b" Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Pitaria ? securiformis venus clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
"Venericardia ? nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta, Venericardia sp.
"Venericardia ? nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta Dall 1903 clam
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
"Crassatellites alta" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites "sp. a"" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites "sp. b"" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites alta" = Crassatella clam
"Crassatellites "sp. a"" = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
"Crassatellites "sp. b"" = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Probolarina salpinx1 Dall 1903
"Rhynchonella holmesii" = Probolarina holmesi Dall 1903 | |
Terebratulina capillata n. sp.2
Terebratulina capillata n. sp.2 Cooper 1988 | |
Eucalathis sp.2 Fischer and Oehlert 1890 | |
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845 | |
Craniata | |
Crania sp.2 Retzius 1781 | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin | |
Hemipatagus subrostratus Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin | |
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"Macropneustes carolinensis" = Unifascia carolinensis
"Macropneustes carolinensis" = Unifascia carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin | |
Linthia hanoverensis n. sp. Kellum 1926 heart urchin
Linthia wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin | |
"Rhyncholampas carolinensis" = Rhyncholampas carolinensis3, "Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) carolinensis" = Rhyncholampas carolinensis, Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) raveneli
"Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) carolinensis" = Rhyncholampas carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin
Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) raveneli sea urchin | |
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar | |
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