ammonites
AMNH Loc. 1059 [Trent Marl] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Onslow County, North Carolina (34.8° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 73.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Trent Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Trent Marl. AGE: Early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, yellow, sandy marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Yellow rotten-shell marl, shells are white and lie in a matrix of yellow earthy sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified based on observations of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: AMNH (AMNH Loc. 1059)

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69025: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007

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