USGS 5359, milepost 64: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Lamna texana
Roemer 1852
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| recombined as Scapanorhynchus texanus | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus major
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes crenata
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Bivalvia
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Pelecypoda indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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| synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula aff. percrassa
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites carolinensis
(Conrad 1875)
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| original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya occidentalis
Morton
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Etea carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium eufaulense
Conrad 1860
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| recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis | ||||||||||
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Cardium longstreeti
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Trigonia eufaulensis
Gabb 1860
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| recombined as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea cretacea
Morton 1834
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| recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia lintea
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten argillensis n. sp.
Conrad 1860
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Trigonoarca triquetra
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| original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
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Trigonoarca sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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| original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
| "probably new species" | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris subaustralis
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Sampson |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 78.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 49.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Formation: | Black Creek |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "dark green or greenish-gray, fossiliferous sand with an occasional indurated, calcareous layer likewise fossiliferous" | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Black River | ||
| Database number: | 190551 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-11 16:20:06 | Last modified: | 2017-12-11 16:23:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-11 16:20:06 |
| 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] |