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
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus kerri
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
"probably new species, as at Snow Hill, N. C."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufalensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca sp. Conrad 1872
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea antrosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonoarca sp. (Conrad 1862)
original and current combination Trigonarca
Glycymeris congesta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima reticulata (Forbes 1845)
Lima oxypleura
Lima pelagica Morton 1833
recombined as Lima (Lima) pelagica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860
recombined as Cubitostrea tecticosta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Exogyra ponderosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cretacea Morton 1834
recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina glebula
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Cymella bella
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860
Corbula carolinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina regia
Cyprimeria depressa
Cyprimeria densata
Legumen planulatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora lintea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium longstreeti
Cardium eufaulense Conrad 1860
recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites carolinensis (Conrad 1875)
original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. percrassa
"n. sp."
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus major
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Corax falcatus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Squalicorax falcatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Lamna texana Roemer 1852
recombined as Scapanorhynchus texanus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus appendiculatus (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
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]