North Carolina Lime Co. [Castle Hayne Lmst]: Bartonian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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 hanoverensis
Kellum 1926
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Eupatagus carolinensis
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris pratti
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Actinopteri
- Carangiformes
- Carangidae
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Carangidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Xiphiidae
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Xiphiorhynchus antiquus
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Domning et al. 1982 | 1 element | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Protosirenidae
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Protosiren sp.
Abel 1904
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Domning et al. 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zygorhiza kochii
(Carus 1847)
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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= Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Uhen 2013 | |||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus rectus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Procarcharodon angustidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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Domning et al. 1982 | 12 elements | ||||||||
| recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus americanus
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Domning et al. 1982 | 4 elements | ||||||||
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Odontaspis ? koerti
(Stromer 1910)
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Domning et al. 1982 | 7 elements | ||||||||
| recombined as Brachycarcharias koerti | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Striatolamia macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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Domning et al. 1982 | 26 elements | ||||||||
| original and current combination Otodus macrotus | ||||||||||
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Anomotodon nova
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis curvidens
Leidy 1855
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Domning et al. 1982 | 14 elements | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Rhinoptera informal sp. 1
Cuvier 1829
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Rhinoptera informal sp. 2
Cuvier 1829
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
| or Myliobatis | ||||||||||
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Domning et al. 1982 | 2 elements | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Calanticomorpha
- Calanticidae
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Euscalpellum carolinensis
Zullo and Baum 1981
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Jones |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 77.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 68.4° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Castle Hayne |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified wackestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: a bryozoan biomicrudite 2.5 m thick according to baum (1978, pers. comm.) | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: The depositional environment of the Castle Hayne Formation exhibits subtropical temperatures at shallow shelf depths. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5387 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, M. Uhen, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Layou, M. Uhen, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-29 09:57:45 | Last modified: | 2014-08-12 15:17:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-29 09:57:45 |
| 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:
| 12993 | D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] | |
| 42488 | M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52210 | V. A. Zullo and G. R. Baum. 1981. Euscalpellum Hoek (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) from the Eocene of North and South Carolina. South Carolina Geology 25(1):33-41 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |