USGS 10614 (Walter Carr Farm), Castle Hayne Marl, New Hanover County, NC (Eocene of the United States)

Where: New Hanover County, North Carolina (34.3° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 67.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• The Castle Hayne is described as Jackson (Eocene) in age. Age after Ward et al. 1978.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, yellow, sandy marl

• yellow earthy or sandy marl, streaked with iron stain, containing few fossils, reported to have high phosphate content

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41819: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
"Terebratula wilmingtonensis" = Plicatoria wilmingtonensis Lyell and Sowerby 1845
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop