Where: Pender County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 68.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Periarchus lyelli zone, Comfort Member (Castle Hayne Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• This collection is from the upper part of the formation. According to Powell and Baum, this collection could also fall under the Crassatella alta/Chlamys cawcawensis faunal zone, although the beginning of the C. alta zone is questionable due to unconformity.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone and grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5366: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.09.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Endopachys sp. Lonsdale 1845 stony coral | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Fusimitra sp. Conrad 1855 mitre shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Sconsia sp. Gray 1847 snail
Phalium sp. Link 1807 snail | |
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Belosaepia sp. Voltz 1830 | |
"Aturia alabamanensis" = Aturia alabamensis
"Aturia alabamanensis" = Aturia alabamensis Morton 1834 nautiloid | |
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle | |
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Chama richardsi jewel box | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam | |
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"Venericardia cf. nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta, Venericardia spp.
"Venericardia cf. nasuta" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta Dall 1903 clam Venericardia cf. V. nasuta
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Eburneopecten scintillatus, Placopecten ? spp., Chlamys spp., Chlamys membranosus, Chlamys deshayesii, Chlamys cookei
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Placopecten ? spp. Verrill 1897 scallop
Chlamys spp. Röding 1798 scallop
Chlamys membranosus scallop
Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833 scallop
Chlamys cookei Kellum 1926 scallop | |
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Probolarina holmesii" = Probolarina holmesi, Probolarina salpinx
"Probolarina holmesii" = Probolarina holmesi Dall 1903
Probolarina salpinx Dall 1903 | |
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845 | |
Terebratulina spp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900 | |
Malacostraca | |
? Menippe sp. De Haan 1833 crab | |
Ranina sp. n. gen.
Ranina sp. n. gen. Lamarck 1801 crab | |
Echinoidea | |
Coelopleurus infulatus Morton 1833 sea urchin | |
Maretia subrostrata heart urchin | |
Linthia wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926 heart urchin
Agassizia wilmingtonica Cooke 1942 heart urchin | |
Unifascia carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin | |
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
Protoscutella plana Conrad 1865 sand dollar | |
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Eurhodia rugosa Ravenel 1848 sea urchin | |
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Recurvaster sp. Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star | |
Crinoidea | |
Democrinus sp. Perrier 1883 Feather star |