USGS 31799 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Robinsons Landing

Where: North Carolina (35.8° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 55.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: CC25-CC26 nannofossil zone, Peedee Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Burleigh and Self-Trail (2006) report that the Peedee Fm in North Carolina spans zones CC25a, CC25b, and CC26a.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Reposited in the USGS

• Sohl and Christopher

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and R. A. Christopher. 1983. The Black Creek-Peedee formational contact (Upper Cretaceous) in the Cape Fear river region of North Carolina. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1285:1-37 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7615: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Vertebrae, bone fragments
Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
Fish teeth
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis (Gabb)
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. hodgei Stephenson 1923 clam
Crassatella cf. C. hodgei (Stephenson)
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia sp. Scott 1978 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Nymphalucina parva clam
Nymphalucina? parva (Stephenson)
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arca sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes sp.
Radiopecten mississippiensis scallop
Radiopecten mississippiensis Conrad
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea jingle
Anomia lintea Conrad
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea kerri file clam
Lima kerri Stephenson
Pseudolimea ? reticulata file clam
Lima reticulata Forbes?
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea plumosa oyster
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Flemingostrea subspatulata oyster
Flemingostrea subspatulata (Forbes) (early form)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
Agerostrea falcata (Morton)
? Ambigostrea tecticosta oyster
Cubitostrea? tecticosta (Gabb)
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton