Lee Creek Mine (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Lee Creek Mine, Pungo River Formation

Where: North Carolina (35.4° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 73.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pungo River Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• The fossil was recovered from a spoil pile that was topped by sediments of the Pungo River Formation.

Size class: macrofossils

• Distal half of left humerus was collected.

Collected by Geoff Keel in 2001; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 2003. First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance. 116(3):732-736 [M. Uhen/J. David]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151550: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jenna David on 07.10.2013, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• USNM 518297
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Bairdemys miocenica
Bairdemys miocenica Collins and Lynn 1936 sideneck turtle
USNM 186773, nuchal, xiphiplastron fragment, and humerus, from Pungo River Formation, Lee Creek Mine (presently known as the Aurora Mine), Aurora, North Carolina, described and illustrated in Zug (2001).
Aves
 Gruiformes - Heliornithidae
Heliornis aff. fulica
Heliornis aff. fulica Boddaert 1783 sungrebe