NC Highway Department borrow pit (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Locality 8

Where: Jones County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• late Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• green and brown clay shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 2007. Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86499: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pycnodone sp., Bryozoa indet., Echinocytheris sp., Cytherelloidea cf. colata
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia sp.
Agassizia sp. Valenciennes 1846 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia carolinensis n. sp.
Maretia carolinensis n. sp. Kier 1997 heart urchin
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus carolinensis n. sp.
Psammechinus carolinensis n. sp. Kier 1997 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten perplanus" = Pecten (Pecten) perplanus, "Pecten trentensis" = Rebeccapecten trentensis
"Pecten perplanus" = Pecten (Pecten) perplanus Morton 1833 scallop
"Pecten trentensis" = Rebeccapecten trentensis Harris 1919 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp.
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea sp.
Gryphaeostrea sp. Conrad 1865 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp.
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione sp.
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp.
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida -
Macrocyprina gibsonensis
 Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae
Leguminocythereis aff. scarabaeus
Leguminocythereis aff. scarabaeus Howe and Law 1936 ostracod
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Hermanites sp.
Hermanites sp. Puri 1955 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp.
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Paracytheridea sp., Paracytheridea toleri
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Paracytheridea toleri Howe and Law 1936 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Actinocythereis sp.
Actinocythereis sp. Puri 1953 ostracod
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Hesperibalanus sp.
Hesperibalanus sp. Pilsbry 1916 barnacle