Cape Fear River Mileboard 56 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Phoebus Landing

Where: Bladen County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 50.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Black Creek Group, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. H. Wheeler, S. D. Heron in 1964

Primary reference: W. H. Wheeler. 1966. A mosasaur mandible from the Black Creek Formation, Cretaceous, of North Carolina. The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 82(2):92-93 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106277: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 05.03.2011, edited by Jenna David and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira1 Leidy 1856 ray
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
? Carcharias sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax cf. pristodontus1 Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
? Baena sp.1 Leidy 1870 turtle
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Trionyx halophilus1 Cope 1869 turtle
"Trionyx halophila"
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines -
Taphrosphys dares1 Hay 1908 sideneck turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
cf. Platecarpus sp.1 Cope 1869 mosasaur
"an unidentified Platycarpus-like form"
Tylosaurus sp. Marsh 1872 mosasaur
University of North Carolina Paleontnological Collections No. 3889
"Macrosaurus impar" = Mosasaurus impar1 Leidy 1856 mosasaur
 Crocodylia -
? Leidyosuchus sp.1, "Crocodylus rugosus" = Deinosuchus rugosus1
? Leidyosuchus sp.1 Lambe 1907 crocodilian
"Crocodylus rugosus" = Deinosuchus rugosus1 Emmons 1858 crocodilian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
? Hadrosaurus sp.1 Leidy 1858 hadrosaurine
 Theropoda -
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
? Ornithomimus sp.1 Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Gorgosaurus sp.2 Lambe 1914 tyrannosaurid
Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodus sp.1 Agassiz 1839
Egertonia sp.2 Cocchi 1866
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
"Polygonodon rectus" = Xiphactinus vetus1
"Polygonodon rectus" = Xiphactinus vetus1 Leidy 1856