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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus" = Chlamys scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell |