Title
Oligocene Echinoids of North Carolina
Related Titles
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, no. 83
By
Kier, Porter M.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997
Notes
Oligocene echinoids are rare, which makes important this material from three quarries in North Carolina. Three species occur in the state quarry at Pollocksville: Psammechinus carolinensis, new species, Maretia carolinensis, new species, and Agassizia sp. At the New Bern quarry occur Rhyncholampas gouldii (BouveĢ) newbernensis, new subspecies, Agassizia mossomi Cooke, Psammechinus carolinensis, new species, Dixieus dixie (Cooke), Clypeaster rogersi (Morton), and Maretia sp. Periarchus lyelli (Conrad) is found in underlying Eocene beds. The Belgrade quarry fauna consists of Arbia aldrichi (Clark), Gagaria mossomi (Cooke), Echinocyamus wilsoni, new species, and Agassizia mossomi Cooke. These echinoids indicate a middle to late Oligocene age for the Trent Formation (= River Bend) and Belgrade Formation (= River Bend).
Subjects
Animals, Fossil
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North Carolina
,
Oligocene
,
Paleontology
,
Sea urchins, Fossil
BHL Collections
Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection
Call Number
QE701 .S56 no. 83
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.83.1
GPO:
0910-G
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/97003660
OCLC:
36292884
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