Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 71.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: River Bend Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• See McLeod and Barnes (2008) for a discussion of the geology.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 2007. Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 151325: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Rhyncholampas gouldii newbernensis n. ssp. sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster | |
"Cardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
"Cardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum Conrad 1848 cockle | |
Chione imitabilis venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
Oniscia harpula Conrad 1848 snail | |
Thecostraca | |
Hesperibalanus sp. Pilsbry 1916 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Psammechinus carolinensis Kier 1997 sea urchin | |
Clypeaster rogersi Morton 1834 sand dollar | |
Maretia sp. Gray 1855 heart urchin | |
"Agassizia mossomi" = Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi
"Agassizia mossomi" = Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke 1942 heart urchin | |
"Dixieus dixie" = Phymosoma dixie
"Dixieus dixie" = Phymosoma dixie Cooke 1941 sea urchin |