Oligocene Echinoids of North Carolina

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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 (Bouvé) 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 , 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