USGS 5354/USGS 4136, Whiteley Creek Landing: Campanian, North Carolina
collected by Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Dreissensia sp.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Stephanophyllia aff. bowerbankii
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Micrabacia cribraria n. sp.
Stephenson 1916
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Stephenson 1916 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stephanophyllia cribraria | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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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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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus appendiculatus
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula cretacea
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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
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella sp.
Brown 1827
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Perna sp.
Retzius 1788
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon brevifrons
Conrad 1875
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris subaustralis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea antrosa
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca rostellata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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Ostrea subspatulata
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia linifera
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Anomia argentaria
Morton 1833
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites sp.
Krueger 1823
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| synonym of Crassatella | ||||||||||
| "probably new species" | ||||||||||
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Crassatellites carolinensis
(Conrad 1875)
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| original and current combination Crassatella carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cardium spillmani
Conrad 1858
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Cardium dumosum
Conrad 1870
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Cardium eufaulense
Conrad 1860
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| recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia (Liothyris) carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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? Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Brachymeris alta
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Etea carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina tippana
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Aphrodina regia
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Aphrodina sp.
Conrad 1869
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Isocardia sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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? Gastrochaena sp.
Spengler 1783
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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? Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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| "n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Lenoir |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 77.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 48.5° 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 | Member: | Snow Hill | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of Exogyra ponderosa zone, orig. Snow Hill Member of Black Creek Fm. PJW: Stephenson's Exogyra ponderosa zone is very different from modern definitions! | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,glauconitic,gray,green lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "dark greenish-gray, rather coarse, glauconitic sand" | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collectors: | Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | milepost 60, Neuse River | ||
| Database number: | 87677 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-23 07:09:52 | Last modified: | 2021-09-16 17:37:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-23 07:09:52 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 29497 | L. W. Stephenson. 1916. North American Upper Cretaceous corals of the genus Micrabacia. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98:115-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |