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Duplin Formation, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.8856,-78.0542 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | North Carolina, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Duplin County, North Carolina, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Duplin Formation | Petuch E. J. (1988) | Duplin | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Duplin Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: A Late Pliocene age is assigned to the collection following Ward (1992). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation. | "siliciclastic" | 3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Siphocypraea carolinensis species | Siphocypraea carolinensis | 3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Heilprinia sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Heilprinia | 3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Mitra (Pleioptygma) carolinensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Mitra : Mitra (Pleioptygma) carolinensis | 3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
Fulgurofusus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbariidae : Fulgurofusus | 3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Petuch E. J. (1988) , Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks, 1-217 |
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!