USGS 31801: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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common category | |||||||||
| Serpulid (large sized) | ||||||||||
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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common category | |||||||||
| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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? Placenticeras sp.
Meek 1876
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rare category | |||||||||
| Placenticeras? sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus kerri
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Ataphrus kerri Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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few category | |||||||||
| Nerita sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cerithiid indet. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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? Pyrgulifera sp.
Meek 1877
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rare category | |||||||||
| Pyrgulifera? sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) sp.
(de Boury 1890)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella sp. n. sp.
Verrill 1882
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cerithiella n. sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Trichotropis squamosa
Gabb 1876
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few category | |||||||||
| Gyrotropis squamosus Gabb | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula stantoni
Stephenson 1923
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few category | |||||||||
| Nucula stantoni Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lima sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia lintea
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common category | |||||||||
| Anomia lintea Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Flemingostrea blackensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Flemingostrea blackensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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few category | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca carolinensis
Conrad 1849
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common category | |||||||||
| recombined as Barbatia carolinensis | ||||||||||
| Arca carolinensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Arca bladensis
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Arca bladensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia donohuensis
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Trachycardium donohuensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinimera sp.
Conrad 1860
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rare category | |||||||||
| Tellinimeria sp. | ||||||||||
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? Tellinimera sp.
Conrad 1860
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rare category | |||||||||
| Tellinimeria? sp. | ||||||||||
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Tellinimera stephensoni
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few category | |||||||||
| Tellinimeria stephensoni (Salisbury) | ||||||||||
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Linearia ? metastriata
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia metastriata Conrad? | ||||||||||
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? Linearia sp. n. sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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common category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia? n. sp. | ||||||||||
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Liothyris ? carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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few category | |||||||||
| Linearia carolinensis Conrad? | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cymbophora sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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rare category | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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rare category | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella ? hodgei
(Stephenson 1923)
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few category | |||||||||
| Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)? | ||||||||||
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? Uddenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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rare category | |||||||||
| Uddenia? sp. | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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| Barnacle plates | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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rare category | |||||||||
| Micrabacia sp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 55.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Nannofossil zone: | CC25-CC26 |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Peedee | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Burleigh and Self-Trail (2006) report that the Peedee Fm in North Carolina spans zones CC25a, CC25b, and CC26a. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl and Christopher | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Browns Landing | ||
| Database number: | 7616 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2009-08-18 21:46:20 |
| 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] |