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
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Crassatella protexta
Conrad 1832
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Ward 2007 | ||||||
recombined as Bathytormus protexta | |||||||
Crassatella alta
Conrad 1855
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Ward 2007 | ||||||
synonym of Crassatella uvasana | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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Ward 2007 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Ward 2007 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista neusensis
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Ward 2007 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Protocetidae
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Crenatocetus rayi n. gen., n. sp.
McLeod and Barnes 2008
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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] |