Locality WA 16 - Unit 1 (Bear Bluff Fm): Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea disparilis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Columbus |
Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 78.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 77.7° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bear Bluff | ||||
Local section: | Weavers Landing | Local bed: | .5 ft | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From unit 1, ?Pliocene age Bear Bluff Fm. Unit 1 is a 1 ft thick calcarenite, the basal unit of the Bear Bluff Fm at the base of the section (lake shore), and is overlain by Units 2 and 3 (6 ft) of the Bear Bluff Fm. Basinal/regional section name: Columbus |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown,gray,yellow lithified calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Calcarenite, sand fraction mostly quartz, fine, subangular to subrounded, slightly to moderately frosted, hard, very pale yellowish brown, molds of mollusks fairly common. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: No environmental information reported. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Only three taxon listed, but others mentioned to be present in this unit. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Not exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 60903 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-27 14:43:01 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-27 14:43:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17556. | J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |