Martin Marietta New Bern Quarry, Castle Hayne Formation: Middle Eocene, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella protexta Conrad 1832
Ward 2007
recombined as Bathytormus protexta
Crassatella alta Conrad 1855
Ward 2007
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Ward 2007
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista neusensis
Ward 2007
Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae
Crenatocetus rayi n. gen., n. sp. McLeod and Barnes 2008
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Craven
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 77.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 66.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Castle Hayne Member:Comfort
Local section:New Bern Quarry Local bed:A-B
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: See McLeod and Barnes (2008) for a discussion of the geology.
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
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:127117
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-04-26 06:38:21 Last modified:2013-09-26 13:48:46
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-26 06:38:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28282. S. A. McLeod and L. G. Barnes. 2008. A new genus and species of Eocene protocetid archaeocete whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Atlantic Coastal plain. Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 41:73-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

48009 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]