Also known as Tarboro
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina (35.9° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• age of the collection is stated to be Tertiary; age is estimated based on other nearby collections
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the ANSP
Primary reference: S. L. Mitchill. 1818. Observations on the geology of North America. In G. Cuvier (ed.), Essay on the Theory of the Earth 319-424 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 88839: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Catarractes antiquus n. sp." = Uria antiqua
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