Spring Garden Landing (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.2° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 66.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Spring Garden Member (Castle Hayne Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy limestone

• molluscan-mold biocalcirudite, light gray, very sandy in micrite matrix; sand-size phosphate common; molds iron stained and commonly partly or completely filled by calcite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 2007. Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151324: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2013

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista perovata