USGS 5362/USGS 4156, Kerr's Cove (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as milepost 62.5, Black River

Where: Sampson County, North Carolina (34.7° N, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 49.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Snow Hill Formation (Black Creek Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• orig. Snow Hill Member, now either Bladen or Tar Heel Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1912. The Cretaceous formations. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 3:73-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123474: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.01.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Portheus sp.
Portheus sp. Cope 1871
"same as at Snow Hill, N. C. Identified by J. W. Gidley"
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Otodus appendiculatus" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Otodus appendiculatus" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris carolinensis
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus major
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cretacea
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Gyrodes sp.
? Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"n. sp."
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. percrassa
Nucula aff. percrassa nut clam
"n. sp."
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"n. sp."
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea, Anomia sp.
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
"n. sp."
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa, "Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea, Ostrea sp.
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
"Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"n. sp."
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
"Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta
"Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufalensis
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Trigonoarca triquetra" = Trigonarca, "Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca
"Trigonoarca triquetra" = Trigonarca clam
"Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca Conrad 1862 clam
"n. sp."
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"large"
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Solyma sp., "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis
? Solyma sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia sp.
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen planulatum, ? Aphrodina sp.
? Aphrodina sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula carolinensis
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Cymella bella
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis, "Crassatellites pteropsis" = Bathytormus pteropsis
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam
"Crassatellites pteropsis" = Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
"n. sp."
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
"Micrabacia cribraria" = Stephanophyllia cribraria
"Micrabacia cribraria" = Stephanophyllia cribraria Stephenson 1916 stony coral