Onslow Quarry: Bartonian, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Eocetus wardii
Uhen 1999
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Pachycetus wardii | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Onslow |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 77.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 68.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: sequence 3 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
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: | Martin Marietta Quarry, Richlands | ||
| Database number: | 99753 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-20 07:53:06 | Last modified: | 2022-07-16 13:04:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-20 07:53:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34295. | B. L. Beatty and J. H. Geisler. 2010. A stratigraphically precise record of Protosiren (Protosirenidae, Sirenia) from North America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie. Abhandlungen 258(2):185-194 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |