Where: Onslow County, North Carolina (34.9° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 71.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: N3 foram zone, Haywood Landing Member (Belgrade Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• JA: said to be early Miocene, but the Haywood Landing Member belongs to planktonic foram zone N3, which is late Oligocene (Rossbach and Carter 1991)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, phosphatic, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71651: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Echovenator sp. Churchill et al. 2016 toothed whale | |
Actinopteri | |
Lagodon sp. Holbrook 1855 perch-like fish | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Plinthicus stenodon Cope 1869 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
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Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940 lemon shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Physogaleus aduncas requiem shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
"Carcharocles angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
"Carcharocles angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella tampae Heilprin 1887 turret shell | |
Sinum imperforatum Dall 1915 moon snail | |
Fusinus hoffmani Ward 1992 snail | |
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"Typhis siphonifera" = Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera, Ecphora tampaensis, Tritonopsis gilletti, Tritonopsis biconica
"Typhis siphonifera" = Siphonochelus (Pilsbrytyphis) siphonifera Dall 1915 murex snail
Ecphora tampaensis Dall 1890 murex snail
Tritonopsis gilletti Richards 1943 murex snail
Tritonopsis biconica Dall 1915 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Dimarzipecten crocus Ward 1992 scallop
Rebeccapecten berryae Ward 1992 scallop | |
"Anomalocardia floridana" = Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana, "Anadara silverdalensis" = Cunearca silverdalensis
"Anomalocardia floridana" = Anadara (Sectiarca) floridana Conrad 1846 ark
"Anadara silverdalensis" = Cunearca silverdalensis Kellum 1926 ark | |
Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900 cockle | |
Donax idoneus Conrad 1872 clam | |
Mercenaria capax, "Macrocallista acuminata" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata, "Chione spada" = Chione (Chamelea) spada
Mercenaria capax Conrad 1843 quahog
"Macrocallista acuminata" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata Dall 1903 venus clam
"Chione spada" = Chione (Chamelea) spada Dall 1903 venus clam | |
Mya wilsoni Ward 1992 softshell clam | |
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam | |
Venericardia nodifera Kellum 1926 clam
Cyclocardia trentensis Ward 1992 clam | |
Astarte claytonrayi Ward 1992 clam
Astarte onslowensis Kellum 1926 clam | |
unclassified | |
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