USGS 10622 (B.D. Johnson Farm), Castle Hayne marl, Duplin County, North Carolina: Middle Eocene, 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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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| fish teeth | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) membranosus
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| original and current combination Chlamys | ||||||||||
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Pecten cookei n. sp.
Kellum 1926
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| recombined as Chlamys cookei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea trigonalis
Conrad 1854
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| recombined as Gigantostrea trigonalis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Duplin |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 78.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 67.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Castle Hayne | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Castle Hayne is described as Jackson (Eocene) in age. Age after Ward et al. 1978. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,white,blue poorly lithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: bluish-white soft fine-grained marl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41923 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-22 06:56:51 | Last modified: | 2012-09-03 11:19:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 06:56:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11173. | L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou] |
Secondary references:
| 42852 | L. W. Ward, D. R. Lawrence, and B. W. Blackwelder. 1978. Stratigraphic revision of the middle Eocene, Oligocene, and lower Miocene-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Geological Survey Bulletin 1457(F):1-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |