USGS 31795 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Donoho Creek Landing

Where: North Carolina (35.8° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Black Creek Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

• Sohl and Christopher

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and R. A. Christopher. 1983. The Black Creek-Peedee formational contact (Upper Cretaceous) in the Cape Fear river region of North Carolina. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1285:1-37 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7612: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Barnacle indet.
Barnacle plates
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Vertebrae
Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
? Anteglosia sp. Vokes 1948 snail
Anteglosia? sp.
 Neotaenioglossa - Gyrotropidae
Gyrotropis kerri snail
Gyrotropis kerri Gabb (plus operculum)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Euspira sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
"Seila cf. meeki" = Variseila meeki
"Seila cf. meeki" = Variseila meeki Wade 1926 snail
Seila cf. S. meeki (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
? Trachytriton sp. Meek 1864 triton shell
Trachytriton? sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Indet. neogastropods
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cf. gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete cf. P. gardnerae Wade
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890 volute
Liopeplum? sp.
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Lowenstamia ? liratus" = Sohliina liratus
"Lowenstamia ? liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)?
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
? Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum? sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail
Pterocerella sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica sp.
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula cf. willardi clam
Caesticorbula cf. C. willardi (Wade)
Parmicorbula cf. suffalciata clam
Parmicorbula cf. P. suffalciata (Wade)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Linearia sp.
Tellinimera cf. stephensoni tellin clam
Tellinimeria cf. T. stephensoni (Salisbury)
Tellinimera stephensoni tellin clam
Tellinimeria stephensoni (Salisbury)
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Protodonax "n. sp." Vokes 1945 clam
Protodonax n. sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia donohuensis cockle
Trachycardium donohuensis (Stephenson)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina sp.
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella "n. sp." Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella n. sp.
Crassatella cf. hodgei Stephenson 1923 clam
Crassatella cf. C. hodgei (Stephenson)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes sp.
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia argentaria Morton
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca bladensis ark
Arca bladensis (Stephenson)
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon cf. brevifrons Conrad 1875 clam
Nemodon cf. N. brevifrons Conrad
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Trigonarca sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Glycymeris sp.