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
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 | |
Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926 venus clam |