USGS 31861 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Deepwater Point

Where: North Carolina (35.8° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Black Creek Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7626: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella mitchelli clam
Crenella mitchelli Stephenson
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon ? brevifrons Conrad 1875 clam
Nemodon brevifrons (Conrad)?
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Glycymeris sp.
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Trigonarca sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea ? sp. Vredenburg 1916 oyster
Flemingostrea sp?
Ostrea sloani oyster
Ostrea sloani Stephenson
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes ? berryi scallop
Camptonectes berryi (Stephenson)?
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea jingle
Anomia lintea Conrad
Anomia olmstedi jingle
Anomia olmstedi Stephenson
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima sp.
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella ? hodgei Stephenson 1923 clam
Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)?
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides glebula clam
Phacoides glebula (Conrad)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
Corbula ? subgibbosa clam
Corbula subgibbosa Conrad?
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia sp. Scott 1978 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Brachymeris alta clam
Brachymeris alta Conrad
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella mullinensis clam
Veniella mullinensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen concentricum venus clam
Legumen concentricum Stephenson
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Cyprimeria sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora trigonalis clam
Cymbophora trigonalis Stephenson
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam
Scabrotrigonia sp.
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula stantoni Stephenson 1923 nut clam
Nucula stantoni Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk
Buccinopsis sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum tarensis volute
Liopeplum tarensis (Stephenson)