Ideal Cement Co. quarry (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina): Bartonian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pynonodonte sp.
Ward 2007
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten membranosus
Ward 2007
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Ward 2007
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella alta Conrad 1855
Ward 2007
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Ward 2007
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Plicatoria wilmingtonensis (Lyell and Sowerby 1845)
Cooper 1983 600 specimens
about 600
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Domning et al. 1982
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867
Uhen 2013
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes sp. Huxley 1880
Ward 2007
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli (Conrad 1834)
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Echinocyamus parvus Emmonds 1858
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas appendiculata (Emmons 1858)
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia ideali
Eurhodia rugosa ideali, new subspecies
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae
Unifascia carolinensis (Clark and Twitchell 1915)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Eupatagus lawsonae Kier 1980
Eupatagus wilsoni Kier 1980
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia subrostrata
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke 1941
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Minchinellidae
Bactronella womblei Finks et al. 2011
Finks et al. 2011 1 specimen
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis cf. crassipes Pomel 1872
Finks et al. 2011 9 specimens
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Druidia wilsoni Finks et al. 2011
Finks et al. 2011 57 specimens
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
"Cliona" sp.
Finks et al. 2011 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:New Hanover
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 77.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 68.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castle Hayne
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,phosphatic,shelly/skeletal wackestone
Secondary lithology: grainstone
Lithology description: three facies in ascending stratigraphic order: phosphate pebble biomicrudite, bryozoan biosparrudite, and bryozoan biomicrudite
Environment:offshore indet.
Geology comments: offshore, rather quiet, water depth no greater than 60 m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5386
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, W. Kiessling Enterer:K. Layou, U. Merkel, M. Uhen, M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-29 09:39:58 Last modified:2013-12-11 20:08:23
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-29 09:39:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
319. P. M. Kier. 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39:1-102 [A. Miller/K. Layou]

Secondary references:

43337 G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49378 G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]
12993 D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]
38295 R. M. Finks, K. Hollocher, and K. J. Thies. 2011. A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina). Journal of the Carolina Academy of Science 127(2):39-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
42488 M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
48009 L. W. Ward. 2007. Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]