Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 66.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Castle Hayne Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 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, shelly/skeletal grainstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 41979: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster | |
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis
"Ostrea sellaeformis" = Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster |