Also known as milepost 7, Tar River
Where: Pitt County, North Carolina (35.7° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 48.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Black Creek Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; micaceous, green, sandy, calcareous claystone and glauconitic, green, argillaceous, sandy siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Stephenson
Collection methods: quarrying, 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 190579: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus
"Lamna texana" = Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
Placenticeras placenta DeKay 1828 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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"Trigonoarca (Breviarca) umbonata" = Trigonarca
"Trigonoarca (Breviarca) umbonata" = Trigonarca clam | |
"Cucullaea carolinensis" = Idonearca carolinensis
"Cucullaea carolinensis" = Idonearca carolinensis Gabb 1876 clam | |
Nemodon eufalensis clam
Nemodon brevifrons Conrad 1875 clam | |
Inoceramus proximus clam | |
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Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima oxypleura file clam | |
Pecten simpicius scallop | |
Exogyra ponderosa oyster
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
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"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster | |
Trigonia eufalensis clam | |
Lucina glebula clam | |
Pholas cf. cithara clam | |
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Cymbophora lintea clam | |
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam | |
Cardium sp., "Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium eufaulense" = Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle | |
Cymella bella clam | |
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis
"Crassatellites carolinensis" = Crassatella carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
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Polychaeta | |