NH1-D, Martin-Marietta Quarry: Bartonian, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Probolarina salpinx (Dall 1903)
Probolarina holmesii (Dall 1903)
recombined as Probolarina holmesi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina spp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus lamellacea Kellum 1926
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys spp.
Chlamys membranosus
Chlamys cookei (Kellum 1926)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. cuculloides (Conrad 1833)
Barbatia cf. B. cuculloides
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. texalta Harris 1895
Crassatella cf. C. texalta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chama sp. a
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus abruptus
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella spp.
Cephalopoda
Belosaepia sp. Voltz 1830
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras carolinensis Kellum 1926
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Democrinus sp. Perrier 1883
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pratti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Eurhodia rugosa (Ravenel 1848)
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas appendiculata (Emmons 1858)
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Protoscutella plana (Conrad 1865)
Periarchus lyelli (Conrad 1834)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia subrostrata
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia harmatuki Kier 1980
Linthia hanoverensis Kellum 1926
Linthia wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Agassizia wilmingtonica Cooke 1942
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus infulatus (Morton 1833)
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Recurvaster sp. BrĂ¼nnich-Nielsen 1943
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:New Hanover
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 77.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 68.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Clabornian
Key time interval:Bartonian Zone: Periarchus lyelli
Age range of interval:41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castle Hayne
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: According to Powell and Baum, this collection may also fall under the Crassatella alta/Chlamys cawcawensis faunal zone, due to uncertainty of where the C. alta zone begins due to unconformity.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: a bryozoan biosparrudite (baum et al. 1978)
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Geology comments: The Castle Hayne Limestone was deposited in an open, normal salinity environment between 30 m and 100 m in water depth. Comfort Member contains cross-bedded intervals, suggesting some energy, consistent with deep subtidal environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5367
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-09-27 14:10:33 Last modified:2019-07-29 22:44:21
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-27 14:10:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

318. R. J. Powell and G. R. Baum. 1982. Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93:1099-1108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]