| James City Formation | |
|---|---|
 fossil snail from the James City Formation (a.k.a. Croatan Formation) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region |  North Carolina |
| Country |  United States |
The James City Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils.
The Black Creek Group is a geologic group in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.
The Albemarle Group is a geologic group in North Carolina composed of metamorphosed mafic and felsic volcanic rock, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and mudstone. It is considered part of the Carolina Slate Belt and covers several counties in central North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period in the Floyd Church member.
The Chesapeake Group is a geologic group in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and North Carolina. It preserves mainly marine fossils dating back to the Late Oligocene through the Pliocene epochs of the Neogene period. This group contains one of the best studied fossil record of Neogene oceans in the world. Professional Paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters alike collect from this group intensely. The Calvert Cliffs stretch the length of Calvert County, Maryland and provide the best continuous stretch of the Calvert, Choptank, and St. Marys Formations. Ward (1985) recommended including the Old Church Formation in this group.
The Jackson Group is a geologic group in Arkansas and North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene to Neogene period. The area is where the type specimen of Basilosaurus, an ancient whale first thought to be a reptile, was found.
The Dan River Group is a geologic group in Virginia and North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period.
The Peedee Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. A marine deposit, named for exposures along the Great Peedee River, it preserves belemnites and foraminifera fossils dating to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). The formation is notable for its occurrence of Belemnitella americana, known as the Pee Dee Belemnite (PDB), a long-standing standard in stable carbon isotope research. A single pterosaur femur, possibly an Azhdarchid, from the Peedee formation is one of the few pterosaur body fossils found in Eastern North America.
The Cid Formation is a metavolcanic rock and mudstone geologic formation in North Carolina. It consists of a lower unnamed mudstone member with intermittent volcanic flows and the Flat Swamp Member, which is characterized by pyroclastic flows. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Millingport Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.
The Bear Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
The Chowan River Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
The Pamlico Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. The name was suggested by L.W. Stephenson in the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey journal in 1912
The Pollocksville Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
The Pungo River Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene.
The Trent Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
The Belgrade Formation is a limestone geologic formation in North Carolina characterized by limestone coquina mixed with sand, and thinly laminated clays. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The New Bern Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The River Bend Formation is a limestone geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
The Waccamaw Formation is a geologic formation in southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina. It preserves fossils from the early Pleistocene epoch. The Waccamaw Formation contains two informal members: "upper" and "lower". The upper Waccamaw is ~2.0-1.8 million years old. The lower Waccamaw Formation is ~2.4-2.2 million years old.
The Duplin Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period, Pliocene epoch.
Tasbacka is an extinct genus of sea turtle containing several species.
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