USGS 5362/USGS 4156, Kerr's Cove: Campanian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia cribraria
Stephenson 1916
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Wells 1933 | |||||||||
recombined as Stephanophyllia cribraria | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula cretacea
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus major
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Cyclothyrididae
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Cyclothyris carolinensis
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda sp.
Schumacher 1817
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synonym of Nuculana | ||||||||||
"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula aff. percrassa
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Ostrea tecticosta
Gabb 1860
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recombined as Cubitostrea tecticosta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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Ostrea cretacea
Morton 1834
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recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea | ||||||||||
Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia lintea
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Trigonoarca triquetra
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original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
Trigonoarca sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufalensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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recombined as Bathytormus pteropsis | ||||||||||
Crassatellites carolinensis
(Conrad 1875)
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original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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"large" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia metastriata
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original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
? Solyma sp.
Conrad 1870
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen planulatum
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? Aphrodina sp.
Conrad 1869
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Isocardia sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula carolinensis
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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"n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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? Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Portheus sp.
Cope 1871
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"same as at Snow Hill, N. C. Identified by J. W. Gidley" | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus appendiculatus
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Sampson |
Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 78.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 49.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Black Creek | Formation: | Snow Hill | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: orig. Snow Hill Member, now either Bladen or Tar Heel Fm. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | milepost 62.5, Black River | ||
Database number: | 123474 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-01-23 21:21:14 | Last modified: | 2021-09-16 16:48:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-23 21:21:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
64076. | L. W. Stephenson. 1912. The Cretaceous formations. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 3:73-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
39438 | J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |