USGS 4144/USGS 5347, Blue Banks Landing: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Placenticeras placenta
(DeKay 1828)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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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
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda informal n. sp. (a)
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| synonym of Nuculana | ||||||||||
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Leda informal n. sp. (b)
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| synonym of Nuculana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula aff. percrassa
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra ponderosa
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Gryphaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia ensiformis
Conrad 1858
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| recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima oxypleura
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Lima reticulata
(Forbes 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten simpicius
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus proximus
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea carolinensis
Gabb 1876
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| recombined as Idonearca carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Trigonoarca (Breviarca) umbonata
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| original and current combination Trigonarca | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufalensis
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Nemodon brevifrons
Conrad 1875
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia eufalensis
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina glebula
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas cf. cithara
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula crassiplica
Gabb 1860
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Corbula carolinensis
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora lintea
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Isocardia sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria depressa
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Legumen planulatum
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? Aphrodina sp.
Conrad 1869
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cardium eufaulense
Conrad 1860
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| recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis | ||||||||||
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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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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| "encrusting" | ||||||||||
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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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Hamulus squamosus
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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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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Pitt |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° North, 77.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 48.1° 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: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | micaceous,green sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | glauconitic,green argillaceous,sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Dark green, glauconitic, finely micaceous and arenaceous, calcareous clay, containing fossils. Dark green, finely micacaeous, argillaceous glauconitic, calcareous sand, containing fossils" | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | milepost 7, Tar River | ||
| Database number: | 190579 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-12 09:26:54 | Last modified: | 2017-12-12 09:26:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-12 09:26:54 |
| 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] |