USGS 4160/USGS 5353, Auger Hole Landing: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus kerri
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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"probably new species, as at Snow Hill, N. C." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufalensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Breviarca sp.
Conrad 1872
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea antrosa
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Trigonoarca sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
Glycymeris congesta
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima reticulata
(Forbes 1845)
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Lima oxypleura
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Lima pelagica
Morton 1833
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recombined as Lima (Lima) pelagica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia ensiformis
Conrad 1858
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recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Ostrea tecticosta
Gabb 1860
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recombined as Cubitostrea tecticosta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaea vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Exogyra ponderosa
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea cretacea
Morton 1834
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recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina glebula
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula crassiplica
Gabb 1860
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Corbula carolinensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Etea carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina regia
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Cyprimeria depressa
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Cyprimeria densata
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Legumen planulatum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora lintea
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium longstreeti
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Cardium eufaulense
Conrad 1860
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recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites carolinensis
(Conrad 1875)
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original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula aff. percrassa
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus major
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Corax falcatus
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Squalicorax falcatus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Lamna texana
Roemer 1852
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recombined as Scapanorhynchus texanus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus appendiculatus
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
vertebra | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Lenoir |
Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 77.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 48.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Black Creek |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green argillaceous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "dark greenish-gray, more or less argillaceous sand, with an indurated layer 1 to 2 feet thick near base" | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | Stephenson |
Metadata
Also known as: | milepost 73, Neuse River | ||
Database number: | 190554 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2017-12-11 16:44:35 | Last modified: | 2017-12-11 16:44:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-11 16:44:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
64076. | L. W. Stephenson. 1912. The Cretaceous formations. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 3:73-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |