Comfort Quarry: Bartonian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pynonodonte trigonalis
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
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Hazelina conleycreekensis
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Cytherelloidea sp.
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
| n. sp. | ||||||||||
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"Cushamidea" sp.
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
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Cocaia grigsbyi
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Spatangidae
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Maretia subrostrata
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia hanoverensis
Kellum 1926
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Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas appendiculata
(Emmons 1858)
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Protoscutellidae
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Periarchus sp.
Conrad 1866
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris pratti
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Cynthiacetus maxwelli
Uhen 2005
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula wilmingtonensis
Lyell and Sowerby 1845
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
| recombined as Plicatoria wilmingtonensis | ||||||||||
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Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
(Lyell and Sowerby 1845)
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Cooper 1988 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia filamentosa
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten cookei
Kellum 1926
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| recombined as Chlamys cookei | ||||||||||
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Pecten membranosus
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda sp.
Latreille 1802
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Cytherellidae
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Cytherella sp.
Jones 1849
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Hemicytheridae
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Triginglymus sp.
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
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Opimocythere martini
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Loxoconchidae
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Loxoconcha cf. creolensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherettidae
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Cytheretta alexanderi
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Trachyleberididae
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Idiocythere washingtonensis
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Actinocythereis gosportensis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Clithrocytheridea garretti
(Howe and Chambers 1935)
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cytheridea garretti | ||||||||||
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Haplocytheridea cf. perarcuata
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Ward 2007 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Jones |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 77.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 68.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Castle Hayne |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: clear, normal marine salinity, warm temperate to subtropical temperatures with an average of about 20 degrees C | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | North Carolina Lime Company | ||
| Database number: | 60452 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-15 09:56:02 | Last modified: | 2013-11-22 13:37:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-15 09:56:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12000. | M. D. Uhen. 2005. A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43(3):157-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 49378 | G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] | |
| 48009 | L. W. Ward. 2007. Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |