Billy B. Fussel Co., Inc. quarry (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Duplin County, North Carolina (34.8° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 68.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castle Hayne Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal grainstone

• a bryozoan biosparrudite, approx. 17 m thick exposed in quarry in june, 1979

Primary reference: P. M. Kier. 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39:1-102 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5385: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 29.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915 pencil urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella rosehillensis, Protoscutella conradi
Protoscutella rosehillensis sand dollar
Protoscutella mississippiensis rosehillensis, new subspecies
Protoscutella conradi Cotteau 1891 sand dollar
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Santeelampas oviformis, Eurhodia ideali, Eurhodia baumi
Santeelampas oviformis Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin
Eurhodia ideali sea urchin
Eurhodia rugosa ideali
Eurhodia baumi Kier 1980 sea urchin
n. sp.
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia subrostrata
Maretia subrostrata heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Plagiobrissus sp.
Plagiobrissus sp. Pomel 1883 heart urchin