USGS 7798 (Spring Garden Landing), Trent marl, Craven Co., NC (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.2° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 73.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• section originally described by B.L. Miller as Eocene, but fossils indicate Miocene age according to author

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white limestone

• hard white limestone, containing many fossil casts

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 41997: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926 venus clam