USGS 10635 (Cow Horn Creek, Sandlin property), Castle Hayne marl, Onslow Co., NC (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Onslow County, North Carolina (34.9° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 66.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

• Marl

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 41983: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell