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
Micrabacia cribraria Stephenson 1916
Wells 1933
recombined as Stephanophyllia cribraria
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cretacea
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus major
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris carolinensis
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda sp. Schumacher 1817
synonym of Nuculana
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. percrassa
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860
recombined as Cubitostrea tecticosta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
Ostrea cretacea Morton 1834
recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lintea
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonoarca triquetra
original and current combination Trigonarca
Trigonoarca sp. (Conrad 1862)
original and current combination Trigonarca
"n. sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufalensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
recombined as Bathytormus pteropsis
Crassatellites carolinensis (Conrad 1875)
original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Cymella bella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
"large"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
original and current combination Linearis
? Solyma sp. Conrad 1870
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen planulatum
? Aphrodina sp. Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula carolinensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
"n. sp."
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
synonym of Bivalvia
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Portheus sp. Cope 1871
"same as at Snow Hill, N. C. Identified by J. W. Gidley"
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus appendiculatus (Agassiz 1835)
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]