PBDB Collection

USGS 4160/USGS 5353, Auger Hole Landing (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as milepost 73, Neuse River

Where: Lenoir County, North Carolina (35.2° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 48.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray, green, argillaceous sandstone

• "dark greenish-gray, more or less argillaceous sand, with an indurated layer 1 to 2 feet thick near base"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by Stephenson

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190554: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
-	Osteichthyes indet. Osteichthyes indet. bony fish vertebra
Chondrichthyes
Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae	"Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus "Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark
Lamniformes - Otodontidae	"Otodus appendiculatus" = Cretalamna appendiculata "Otodus appendiculatus" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Lamniformes - Anacoracidae	"Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus "Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus major Hamulus major
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Trochoidea - Ataphridae	Ataphrus kerri Ataphrus kerri snail
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura sp. Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail "probably new species, as at Snow Hill, N. C."
Bivalvia
-	"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia "Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula aff. percrassa Nucula aff. percrassa nut clam "n. sp."
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pecten sp. Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop "n. sp."
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima reticulata, Lima oxypleura, "Lima pelagica" = Lima (Lima) pelagica Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima oxypleura file clam "Lima pelagica" = Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia sp. Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle "n. sp."
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula sp. Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis "Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster
Ostreida - Ostreidae	"Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea "Ostrea cretacea" = Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834 oyster
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	"Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta "Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Exogyra ponderosa, "Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Exogyra ponderosa oyster "Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon eufalensis Nemodon eufalensis clam
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea antrosa Cucullaea antrosa clam
Arcida - Arcidae	Breviarca sp., Arca sp. Breviarca sp. Conrad 1872 clam Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris congesta, "Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca Glycymeris congesta clam "Trigonoarca sp." = Trigonarca Conrad 1862 clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium longstreeti, "Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis Cardium longstreeti cockle "Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina sp. Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Legumen planulatum, Aphrodina regia, Cyprimeria depressa, Cyprimeria densata Legumen planulatum venus clam Aphrodina regia venus clam Cyprimeria depressa venus clam Cyprimeria densata venus clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora lintea Cymbophora lintea clam
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Etea carolinensis, Veniella conradi Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula crassiplica, Corbula carolinensis Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860 clam Corbula carolinensis clam
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Cymella bella Cymella bella clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina glebula Lucina glebula clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis "Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam