USGS 31862 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Deepwater Point

Where: North Carolina (35.8° N, 78.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Black Creek Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

• Sohl and Christopher

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and R. A. Christopher. 1983. The Black Creek-Peedee formational contact (Upper Cretaceous) in the Cape Fear river region of North Carolina. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1285:1-37 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7627: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus walkerensis
Hamulus walkerensis Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"? Ampullospira sp. n. sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"? Ampullospira sp. n. sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
Ampullospira? n. sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Indet. neogastropods
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Haustator (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad)
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Glycymeris sp.
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea subspatulata oyster
Flemingostrea subspatulata (Forbes) (early form)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes ? berryi scallop
Camptonectes berryi (Stephenson)?
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
? Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Anomia? sp.
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella mitchelli clam
Crenella mitchelli Stephenson
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella sp.
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969 clam
Vetericardiella sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia donohuensis cockle
Trachycardium donohuensis (Stephenson)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera sp. Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Tellinimeria sp.
Tellinimera stephensoni tellin clam
Tellinimeria stephensoni (Salisbury)
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Solyma sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella mullinensis clam
Veniella mullinensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
? Brachymeris sp. Conrad 1873 clam
Brachymeris? sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Cyprimeria sp.