8-13-7 Ideal Cement Company test pit (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Pender County, North Carolina (34.6° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 68.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• offshore, rather quiet, water depth no greater than 60 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Finks, K. Hollocher, and K. J. Thies. 2011. A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina). Journal of the Carolina Academy of Science 127(2):39-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119414: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Calcarea
 Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Plectroninia pertusa, Bactronella incrustans, Bactronella womblei
Plectroninia pertusa Finks et al. 2011 calcareous sponge
Bactronella incrustans Finks et al. 2011 calcareous sponge
Bactronella womblei Finks et al. 2011 calcareous sponge
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Druidia wilsoni
Druidia wilsoni Finks et al. 2011 glass sponge