USGS 22389 (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina): Bartonian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida
- Lychniscosa
- Dactylocalycidae
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Exanthesis ovatus n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Lychniscosa
- Camerospongiidae
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Robinia striatopunctata n. gen., n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Hexactinosa
- Aphrocallistidae
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Druidia wilsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Hexactinosa
- Euretidae
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Verrucocoeloidea (Euretella) corallina n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Demospongiae
- Tetralithistida
- Plinthosellidae
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Hazelina bisbifurcata n. gen., n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Claytonia rayi
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Minchinellidae
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Plectroninia pertusa n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Bactronella womblei n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
Bactronella incrustans n. sp.
Finks et al. 2011
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Finks et al. 2011 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris pratti
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Neolampadidae
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Eurhodia rugosa
(Ravenel 1848)
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n. subspecies ideali | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas appendiculata
(Emmons 1858)
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Protoscutellidae
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Periarchus lyelli
(Conrad 1834)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia wilmingtonensis
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Pender |
Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 77.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 68.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Castle Hayne |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly,phosphatic,shelly/skeletal wackestone |
Secondary lithology: | grainstone |
Lithology description: three facies in ascending stratigraphic order: phosphate pebble biomicrudite, bryozoan biosparrudite, and bryozoan biomicrudite | |
Environment: | offshore indet. |
Geology comments: offshore, rather quiet, water depth no greater than 60 m (Finks 2011) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
Database number: | 5376 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | K. Layou, U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-09-29 06:25:46 | Last modified: | 2011-10-24 03:12:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-29 06:25:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
319. | P. M. Kier. 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39:1-102 [A. Miller/K. Layou] |
Secondary references:
38295 | R. M. Finks, K. Hollocher, and K. J. Thies. 2011. A major Eocene sponge fauna (Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina). Journal of the Carolina Academy of Science 127(2):39-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |