USGS 10656 (Scott Landing, Trent River), Trent marl, Jones Co., North Carolin (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 72.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trent Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow limestone

• hard yellow impure limestone, made up entirely of casts of marine shells

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 41990: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope sp." = Panopea
"Panope sp." = Panopea Menard 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista minuscula
Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam