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Mosley Creek, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.2925,-77.444 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | North Carolina, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Craven County, North Carolina, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Mosley Creek, south of route 55 bridge | Bailey R. H. (1976) | Beaufort - Moseley Creek | At Paleocene-Eocene contact. The occurrence of Globorotalia aequa Cushman and Renz, G. pseudomenardii Bolli, G. pseudobulloides (Plummer), and Globigerina triloculinoides Plummer indicates that the sample is Thanetian in age and is part of the P4 planktonic foraminiferal zone. Formerly Beaufort Formation. | sandstone | 59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eutrephoceras sloani species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras : Eutrephoceras sloani | 59.2 - 56 Ma Paleocene |
References
Bailey R. H. (1976) Eutrephoceras (Nautiloidea) from the Paleocene Beaufort Formation of North Carolina, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12, 235-242 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!