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Castle Hayne - Spring Garden, Craven County, North Carolina, USA

FormationCastle Hayne
MemberSpring Garden
Age:41.3 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
IntervalBartonian
Lithologygrainstone, "limestone"
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences31

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Martin Marrieta QuarryCraven County, North Carolina, USACastle Hayne - Spring Garden
Rock LandingCraven County, North Carolina, USACastle Hayne - Spring Garden
Spring Garden LandingCraven County, North Carolina, USACastle Hayne - Spring Garden

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
River Bend - Lower33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene		wackestone40

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Scutella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Scutellidae : Scutella48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Cardiidae
family		5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Bathytormus flexurus
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Bathytormus : Bathytormus flexurus41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Crassatellites altus
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatellites altus41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Panopea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Panopea41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Eomiltha pandata
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Gibbolucina : Eomiltha pandata41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Pycnodonte sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Pycnodonte48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Chlamys sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Pecten sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Pectinidae
family		5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Callista sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Callista41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Macrocallista sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Macrocallista48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Aturia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Conus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Fusinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Fusinus48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Calyptraea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Calyptraeidae : Calyptraea41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Alabamina sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Alabaminidae : Alabamina48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Cibicidoides sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Cibicididae : Cibicidoides48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Cribrononion sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Elphidiidae : Cribrononion48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Florilus sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Gavelinellidae : Florilus48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Nonion sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nonionidae : Nonion48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Acarinina sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Truncorotaloididae : Acarinina48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Cibicidina sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Cibicididae : Cibicidina48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Gyroidinoides sp.
genus		6Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Gavelinellidae : Gyroidinoides48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

References

Powell R. J., Baum G. R. (1982) Eocene biostratigraphy of South Carolina and its relationship to Gulf Coastal Plain zonations and global changes of coastal onlap, Geological Society of America Bulletin 93, 1099-1108
Ward L. W. (2007) Stratigraphy of outcropping Eocene and Oligocene formations-Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, Virginia Museum of Natural History Guidebook 4, 1-26
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!
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