Also known as Lee Creek Mine, James City Formation

Where: Beaufort County, North Carolina (35.4° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 76.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Croatan Formation, Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Croata Formation = James City Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. E. Hazel. 1983. Age and correlation of the Yorktown (Pliocene) and Croatan (Pliocene and Pleistocene) formations at the Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:81-199 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.07.2006

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