BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Black Rock Landing - Waccamaw Formation, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.6336,-78.5664 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | North Carolina, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Bladen County, North Carolina, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Rock Landing - Waccamaw Formation | Gardner J. A. (1943) | Waccamaw | No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971). | sandstone | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
---|---|---|
Amusium mortoni species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amusium : Amusium mortoni | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
Carolinapecten eboreus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Carolinapecten : Carolinapecten eboreus | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
Gemma magna species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Gemma : Gemma magna | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A |
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!