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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
Kristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Same here with the geological formation and age, @kristen-cotiaux.
Hey @samantha-ocon ! Looks like much of the strata around Shark Tooth Island is Eocene. They are principally from the Castle Hayne Formation.
Possibly Comfort or New Hanover Member. Both of which are of Lutetian Age.
Hey, @matthew-gramling! I saw that at first! The reason I think it is New River is because I looked at the North Carolina Geological Survey map https://images.app.goo.gl/GdbdE57bXxQcNXZK8. To be quite honest, I’m not super well versed on the
area so it is very possible you are correct. the main reason I strayed from the Castle Hayne is because it was said to be echinoid and gastropod dominated
but, like I said, I am not super familiar with this area and I can’t use my forams to date it lol
I am seeing now that I got the oranges confused as well!! thank you for pointing that out, @matthew-gramling
Greetings @samantha-ocon! No worries! I was basing my estimation on macrostrat and Rockd. Here is the Macrostrat link:https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=187644
https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/column/143
@samantha-ocon @matthew-gramling When I looked at the map I was thinking Comfort as well. The island is situated in the cape fear river near the ‘H’ in New Hanover. There were many gastropod ‘unicorn horns’ on the island as well and that’s also where I found my sea biscuit fossils