Collecting Localities 



Localities from which ostracodes were obtained 

 are shown on the accompanying map, figure 1. 

 The locality designated as the type locality for the 

 Snow Hill marl member was described by Kerr, 

 in 1875, as being at Snow Hill along Contentnea 

 Creek. This was the locality from which Conrad, 

 in 1871, collected and described numerous fossils. 

 However, there are no good exposures of fossilif- 

 erous material along the stream at Snow Hill. The 

 writer has walked out a considerable section of 

 the stream during periods of extremely low flow, 

 and the first section that contains any identifiable 

 fossils is 1.7 miles downstream from the town of 

 Snow Hill. This section, consisting of prominent 

 bluffs along both sides of the creek, contains a 

 drab-gray to black shell marl as much as eight 

 feet thick which is exposed intermittently along 

 both sides of the stream for several miles. This 

 locality generally conforms with Kerr's descrip- 

 tion of the marl beds along Contentnea Creek at 

 Snow Hill. Therefore, for the purpose of this 

 paper, and as a matter of record, locality J, 1.7 

 miles downstream from the town of Snow Hill, is 

 designated as the reference locality of the Snow 

 Hill marl member of the Black Creek formation. 



(Thickness of exposed sections varies, as it is 

 dependent upon seasonal water levels in bordering 

 streams). 



Outcrops of the Peedee formation 



Locality A — Scuffleton, Pitt County, N. C, on 

 the farm of E. H. Rogers, 0.7 mile north of Scuf- 

 fleton on N. C. Route 102, about 16 feet of the 

 Peedee formation occurs in a bluff on the east 

 bank of Little Contentnea Creek. The following 

 section of the Peedee was observed by the writer : 

 Feet 



1 Indurated shell bed, composed mainly of 

 the valves of Exogyra costata. Ostracoda 

 and Foraminifera common. 

 4 Grayish-green poorly-sorted glauconitic 

 sand, partially indurated. Ostracoda and 

 Foraminifera common. 

 8 Drab-gray arenaceous, micaceous clay, 

 sparsely glauconitic. Ostracoda and Fora- 

 minifera abundant. 

 1 Indurated shell bed, conglomeratic; valves 

 of Exogyra costata and Exogyra cancellata 

 predominate. Ostracoda and Foraminifera 

 rare. 



2 Black marl; lignitized wood fragments 

 prominent. Ostracoda and Foraminifera 

 abundant. 



Locality B — Bladen County, N. C, Cape Fear 

 River. On the west bank of the Cape Fear River 

 100 feet downstream from the bridge crossing, 

 which is V/-2 airline miles downstream from U. S. 

 Lock No. 1 at Kings Bluff, the following section 

 of the Peedee was sampled by H. E. LeGrand and 

 the writer : 



Feet 



1 Gray indurated shell bed composed of the 

 valves of Exogyra costata. Ostracoda and 

 Foraminifera very rare. 



3 Black waxy arenaceous clay containing 

 numerous broken shell fragments. Ostra- 

 coda and Foraminifera abundant. 



1 Gray indurated shell bed extending to river 

 level. No recovery of microfossils. 



Locality C — Kinston, Lenoir County, N. C, 

 Neuse River. On the north bank of the Neuse 

 River 0.54 mile west of Kinston on U. S. Route 70 

 and opposite the Caswell Training School, the 

 following section of the Peedee was observed by 

 H. E. LeGrand and the writer : 



Feet 



2 Grayish-green glauconitic sand and clay, 

 partially indurated. Ostracoda and Fora- 

 minifera common. 



5 Drab-gray to black arenaceous clay con- 

 taining abundant shells and shell frag- 

 ments. Ostracoda and Foraminifera abun- 

 dant. 



2 Gray indurated shell bed. Ostracoda and 

 Foraminifera common. 



Locality D — Wilmington, New Hanover County, 

 N. C, Northeast Cape Fear River. At Hilton Park 

 in Wilmington at a point on the east bank of the 

 river at the Wilmington Waterworks plant, 

 the following section of the Peedee was observed 

 by H. E. LeGrand and the writer: 



Feet 

 12 Gray glauconitic, micaceous clays; mas- 

 sive in the upper third, becoming more 

 arenaceous in the middle and lower thirds. 

 Brcken shell fragments prominent, par- 

 tially indurated near the base which is cov- 

 ered at high tide. Ostracoda and Foramin- 

 ifera common to rare. 



