USGS 10657 (Smith farm, Rock Spring), Trent marl, Craven County, NC (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 73.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray limestone

• hard gray limestone consists chiefly of casts of marine bivalves

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

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 41995: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista minuscula
Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926 venus clam