Martin Marietta New Bern Quarry, River Bend Formation (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: River Bend Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• See McLeod and Barnes (2008) for a discussion of the geology.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151325: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Hesperibalanus sp. Pilsbry 1916 barnacle
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum Conrad 1848 cockle
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Oniscia harpula Conrad 1848 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Psammechinus carolinensis Kier 1997 sea urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
"Dixieus dixie" = Phymosoma dixie
"Dixieus dixie" = Phymosoma dixie Cooke 1941 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster rogersi Morton 1834 sand dollar
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Rhyncholampas gouldii Bouvé 1846 sea urchin
n. subspecies newbernensis
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Maretia sp. Gray 1855 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
"Agassizia mossomi" = Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi
"Agassizia mossomi" = Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke 1942 heart urchin