USGS 31845: Campanian, North Carolina
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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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus walkerensis
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| Hamulus walkerensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus kerri
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| Ataphrus kerri Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira sp.
Agassiz 1837
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| Euspira sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula stantoni
Stephenson 1923
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nucula stantoni Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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| Camptonectes sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia lintea
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia lintea Conrad | ||||||||||
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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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Flemingostrea sp.
Vredenburg 1916
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few category | |||||||||
| Flemingostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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? Ambigostrea tecticosta
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| Cubitostrea? tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca bladensis
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few category | |||||||||
| Arca bladensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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rare category | |||||||||
| Glycymeris sp. | ||||||||||
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? Trigonarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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rare category | |||||||||
| Trigonarca? sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia sp.
Scott 1978
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Solyma elliptica
(Gabb 1861)
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few category | |||||||||
| Tellinimeria elliptica (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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? Caryocorbula oxynema
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
| Caryocorbula? oxynema (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella ? hodgei
(Stephenson 1923)
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| Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)? | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 49.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl and Christopher | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Walkers Bluff | ||
| Database number: | 7621 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2021-09-22 14:45:56 |
| 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] |