USGS 31796, Donoho Creek Landing: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by N.F. Sohl
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bone indet.
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| Bone fragments | ||||||||||
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Fish indet.
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| Fish teeth | ||||||||||
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Vertebrae indet.
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| Vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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abundant category | |||||||||
| bryozoa branching | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus walkerensis
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few category | |||||||||
| Hamulus walkerensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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rare category | |||||||||
| Camptonectes sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea kerri
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lima kerri Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Pseudolimea ? reticulata
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lima reticulata Forbes? | ||||||||||
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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| Lima sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia linifera
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| Anomia linifera Conrad | ||||||||||
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Anomia lintea
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few category | |||||||||
| Anomia lintea Conrad and Anomia lintea donohuensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Anomia argentaria
Morton 1833
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Acutostrea plumosa
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| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Flemingostrea sp.
Vredenburg 1916
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few category | |||||||||
| Flemingostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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common category | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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? Ambigostrea tecticosta
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common category | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea? tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia sp.
Scott 1978
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few category | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Scalpellomorpha
- Scalpellidae
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Virgiscalpellum inornatum n. sp.
Zullo and Sohl 1985
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Thecostraca
- Pollicipomorpha
- Zeugmatolepadidae
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Barnacle indet.
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Barnacle plates | ||||||||||
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= Zeugmatolepas sp.
Withers 1913
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Zullo and Sohl 1985 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Bladen |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 78.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 49.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Black Creek | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Unit 2 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Medium- to coarse-grained, subrounded to subangular, poorly sorted, fossiliferous sand | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: Nearshore marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | N.F. Sohl |
| Collection method comments: Sohl and Christopher | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 7613 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 14:44:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 467. | N. F. Sohl and R. A. Christopher. 1983. The Black Creek-Peedee formational contact (Upper Cretaceous) in the Cape Fear river region of North Carolina. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1285:1-37 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 73079 | V. A. Zullo and N. F. Sohl. 1985. Scalpelloid barnacles from the Upper Cretaceous of southeastern North Carolina. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:636-643 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |