TU 866 - Silverdale [Silverdale Fm] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Onslow County, North Carolina (34.8° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 71.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Silverdale Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Silverdale beds", for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes and H. Vokes. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92606: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. crenata4
Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. crenata4 Gardner 1947 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Dermomurex (Viator) sexangulus3, Pterynotus (Purpurellus) repetiti n. sp.2, Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1
Dermomurex (Viator) sexangulus3 Dall 1915 murex snail
Pterynotus (Purpurellus) repetiti n. sp.2 Vokes 1970 murex snail
Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1 Olsson 1914 murex snail
1Gertman 1969; 2Vokes 1970; 3Vokes 1975; 4Vokes 1975