USGS 31860: Campanian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Echinoidae indet.
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| echinoid parts | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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abundant category | |||||||||
| bryozoa branching | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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abundant category | |||||||||
| bryozoa encrusting | ||||||||||
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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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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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few category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nucula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella mitchelli
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common category | |||||||||
| Crenella mitchelli Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula carolinensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lithophaga carolinensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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few category | |||||||||
| Camptonectes sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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few category | |||||||||
| Lima sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia olmstedi
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few category | |||||||||
| Anomia olmstedi Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Flemingostrea subspatulata
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common category | |||||||||
| Flemingostrea subspatulata (Forbes) (early form) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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rare category | |||||||||
| Striarca sp. | ||||||||||
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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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Trigonarca elongata
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rare category | |||||||||
| Trigonarca elongata Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia donohuensis
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common category | |||||||||
| Trachycardium donohuensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia ? metastriata
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia metastriata Conrad? | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora trigonalis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cymbophora trigonalis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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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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Caestocorbula crassiplica
(Gabb 1860)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula crassiplica (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Corbula ? carolinensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Corbula carolinensis Conrad? | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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cf. Nymphalucina parva
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few category | |||||||||
| Nymphalucina cf. N. parva (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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cf. Scabrotrigonia ? bartrami
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rare category | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) | ||||||||||
| Scabrotrigonia cf. S. bartrami (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: | Deepwater Point | ||
| Database number: | 7625 | ||
| 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 14:47:33 |
| 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] |