US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for NORTH CAROLINA

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference
-	Beaufort	NC		Miocene	Yorktown	?	NC0014			\|	,
-	Beaufort	NC	In area exposures	Miocene		fossils	NC0015			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC		Miocene	Pungo River Marl	Mollusks - Lyropecten,Pecten,Ecphora,Arthropods - Balanus -sharks - Hexanchus,Heptranchias,Isurus,Hemipristis,Odontapsis,Carcharhinus,Pristiophorus,Oterolaminops[?],ProCarcharodon,denticles,Fish Parts-Diodon,Sphyraena,Trygon; -- Trygon	NC0001	No citations for Oterolaminops (050605)		\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC		Miocene	Yorktown	Mollusks:Glycymeris,Astarte,Busycon,Oliva,Cancellaria,Lunatia,Fasciolaria,Aurinia,Conus,Arthropods - Balanus	NC0002			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	10 km N at Texas Gulf Chemical Company Lee Creek Mine. Collecting on spoil banks permitted on weekends. Contact Texas Gulf Chemical Company, Box 48, Aurora, NC, 27806 (Fossils Quarterly spring 1986)	Miocene-Pliocene-Pleistocene	Pungo River\|Croatan\|Yorktown	?	NC0004			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	10 km N at Texas Gulf Chemical Company Lee Creek Mine. Collecting on spoil banks permitted on weekends. Contact Texas Gulf Chemical Company, Box 48, Aurora,NC, 27806 (Fossils Quarterly spring 1986)	Miocene-Pliocene-Pleistocene	Pungo River\|Croatan\|Yorktown	?	NC0003			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	At Lee Creek Mine on S side of Pamlico River	Miocene	Pungo River	vertebrates:birds-Charadriiformes;Fish-Cybium,Diodon;Turtles-Syllomus;Sharks-Carcharhinus,Echinorhinus,Galeocerdo,Hemipristis,Lamna,Notorhynchus,Odontapsis,Pristiophorus;coprolites	NC0005			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	In area DPW sites			shells,shark teeth. Geology in the area consists of 5 meters of Holocene--Pleistocene material,20 meters of Yorktown (abundant mollusks); 3 meters of Calvert age Limestone (mollusk molds),15 meters of phosphatic Pungo River sandstone -- mollusks	NC0006			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	In pit of Texas Great Sulfur Co. Lee Creek Quarry on S shore of Pamlico River E on mouth of Lee Creek. Other Miocene,Pliocene,Pleistocene formations are exposed in these quarries	Miocene	Pungo River\|Yorktown	Mollusks Cetaceans Squalodon.	NC0007			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	N in Phosphate mine on NC38	Miocene		shark teeth,invertebrates,whale bones	NC0008			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	PCS Mine (Lee Creek). Spoils from exposures of Serravallian Pungo River Fm.	Pliocene-Pleistocene	Yorktown\|Chowan River\|James City	Fossils from every Tertiary group can be found.	NC0009			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	PCS Mine (Lee Creek). Spoils from exposures of Serravallian Pungo River Fm.,Yorktown Fm.,Plio-Pleistocene age Chowan River Fm and James City Fm.	Tertiary		fossils from every Tertiary group can be found.	NC0010			\|	,
Aurora	Beaufort	NC	in pit of Texas Great Sulfur Co. Lee Creek Quarry on S shore of Pamlico River E on mouth of Lee Creek. Other Miocene,Pliocene,Pleistocene formations are exposed in these quarries	Miocene	Pungo River\|Yorktown	Mollusks Cetaceans Squalodon.	NC0011			\|	,
East of Suffolk Scarp.	Beaufort	NC		Miocene	Trent Marl	Shark Teeth,ProCarcharodon	NC0012			\|	,
Terra Ceia	Beaufort	NC	Under a bridge over a drainage Canal E of town	Pleistocene	Flanner Beach	?	NC0013			\|	,
Colerain Beach	Bertie	NC				Bryozoa Ceriopora	NC0016			\|	,
Colerain Beach	Bertie	NC	on Bluffs on W bank of Chowan River	Pliocene Upper	Chowan River	?	NC0017			\|	,
Colerain Landing	Bertie	NC	at waterline in bluffs along Chowan River			Glycymeris,Pecten,Venus,Rangia	NC0018			\|	,
Eden House Pt	Bertie	NC	3.5 km above at Black Rock on W bank	Tertiary		abundant fossils	NC0019			\|	,
Mount Gould Landing	Bertie	NC	on Bluffs on W bank of Chowan River	Pliocene Upper	Chowan River	?	NC0020			\|	,
Mount Gould Landing	Bertie	NC	on S side of Chowan River 1.5 km below landing			Glycymeris,Pecten,Venus,Rangia	NC0021			\|	,
Elizabethtown	Bladen	NC		Cretaceous	Black Creek	Vertebrates-Testudines,fish,reptiles	NC0022			\|	,
Elizabethtown	Bladen	NC	N side of Cape Fear River about 7.5 km E of Route 87 34d31mN-78d31m	Cretaceous	Black Creek\|PeeDee	Scapanorhynchus	NC0023			\|	,
Phoebus Landing	Bladen	NC		Cretaceous	Black Creek	fish	NC0024			\|	,
Calabash	Brunswick	NC	In Marina Exposures for Carolina Shores Development Co 600 meters South .			Glycymeris,Mercenaria,Chione,Ostrea,Anadara,Chlamys,Busycon,Dentalium,Septastrea	NC0025			\|	,
Calabash	Brunswick	NC	in excavations for Carolina Shores Marina			mollusks	NC0026			\|	,
Core Creek Bridge	Carteret	NC	on spoil banks 2 km NE	Pliocene		Arca,Cardita,Phacoides,Pecten	NC0027			\|	,
Kuhns	Carteret	NC	In area marl pits	Miocene		fossils - 6 species of bryozoa.	NC0028			\|	,
-	Chatham	NC	In Deep River Coal Field	Triassic	Cumnock	Vertebrates-phytosaurs-Rutiodon	NC0034			\|	,
Boren[?]	Chatham	NC	In pits of Boren Clay Products Co	Triassic	Pekin	plants,fish,reptiles	NC0029	There doesn't seem to be a Boren in North Carolina. Boren Clay products in Pleasant Garden has two licensed mines at 35.56160N 79.30190W and 35.56880N 79.29430W. Could be same site as Lexington,Lee County	35.56160N 79.30190W or 35.56880N 79.29430W conjecture	\|	,
Cumnock	Chatham	NC	At Cumnock Mines	Triassic	Cumnock	Vertebrates--phytosaurs-Rutiodon	NC0030			\|	,
Deep River Basin	Chatham	NC	in a NE to SW trending outcrop from Durham through Wadesboro and on into South Carolina	Triassic	Newark	fish,a few reptiles	NC0031			\|	,
Egypt Coal Mine	Chatham	NC		Triassic	Cumnock	Vertebrates-amphibian-Eupelor;mammals-Dromatherium,Microconodon	NC0032			\|	,
Gulf?	Chatham	NC	in several abandoned quarries in NW corner of the Sanford Basin	Triassic	Pekin	plants,fish scales,reptile teeth,footprints,etc	NC0033			\|	,
Acme	Columbus	NC	5 km N on Right Bank of Cape Fear River at various localities along river	Pliocene	Waccamaw	fossils - Eucrassatella	NC0035			\|	,
Acme	Columbus	NC	5 km NC on Right Bank of Cape Fear River at Niels Eddy Landing,famous fossil locality	Pliocene	Waccamaw	?	NC0036	Niels Eddy Landing is East of Acme at 34.3505N,78.1743W	34.3505N,78.1743W	\|	,
Acme	Columbus	NC	In pits of Acme Fertilizer Co			Equus	NC0037			\|	,
Acme	Columbus	NC	at Acme Fertilizer Co quarry	Pliocene		mollusks	NC0038			\|	,
Columbus	Columbus	NC	along N shore of Lake Waccamaw at pumping station in low bluff	Miocene		Belemnitella,Exogyra,pelecypods,gastropods redeposited from underlying Cretaceous beds	NC0039			\|	,
Lake Waccamaw	Columbus	NC	Along N shore	Cretaceous		?	NC0040			\|	,
Lake Waccamaw	Columbus	NC	along north shore of Lake Waccamaw across NC 214	Pliocene	Bear Bluff	?	NC0041			\|	,
Lake Waccamaw	Columbus	NC	along north shore of Lake Waccamaw across NC 214	Pliocene-Pleistocene	Waccamaw	?	NC0042			\|	,
Belgrade	Craven	NC	In Superior Stone Co Quarry	Eocene		fossils	NC0043			\|	,
Belgrade	Craven	NC	in Superior Stone Co Quarry	Miocene Lower	Trent	Busycon,Calyptraea,Crepidula,Oliva,Arca	NC0044			\|	,
Dove	Craven	NC	6 km NE on Halfmoon Creek near Lenoir County line on Turkey Trap farm			abundant,well preserved fossils.	NC0045			\|	,
Flanner Beach	Craven	NC	At Croatan National Forest Recreation Area	Pleistocene	Flanner Beach	?	NC0046			\|	,
Fort Barnwell	Craven	NC	3.2km N in marl pits	Eocene	Castle Hayne	shells.	NC0047			\|	,
Fort Barnwell	Craven	NC	due N at Biddle Landing on Right bank of Cape Fear River	Eocene	Castle Hayne	shell fragments	NC0048			\|	,
Maple Cypress	Craven	NC	1 km S of general store	Miocene	Yorktown	Pecten,whale bones	NC0049			\|	,
New Bern	Craven	NC	25 km downstream in quarries and marl pits on N bank of Neuse River	Miocene		Pholas,Venus,Strombus,Murex,Cardium,Solen,Arca,Pecten,Ostrea,Patella,Pectunculus,Conus,Buccinum,Mya,Donax,Nerita,Madrepora,shark teeth,fish bones,Pleistocene mammal bones and teeth.	NC0050			\|	,
New Bern	Craven	NC	8km S on NC17 at Riverbend Plantation	Miocene	Trent Marl	Shark teeth-Aetobatis,Alopias,Anomotodon,Aprionodon,Carcharhinus,Carcharodon,Dasyatis,Galeocerdo,Galeorhinus,Hemipristis,Heterodontus,Isurus,Manta,Myliobatis,Negaprion,Notorhynchus,Odontapsis,Rhinoptera,Rhizoprionodon,Scoliodon,Scyliorhinus,Sphyrna...	NC0051	Additional genera-Squatina		\|	,
New Bern	Craven	NC	area exposures			abundant fossils	NC0052			\|	,
Riverbend Plantation	Craven	NC		Miocene		Anomotodon,Negaprion,Heterodontus,Manta	NC0053			\|	,
Shell Landing	Craven	NC	Along S side of Turkey Quarter Creek	Eocene	Castle Hayne	?	NC0054			\|	,
Fayetteville	Cumberland	NC	in areas streams and rivers in greenish layer	Cretaceous		Dinosaur bones-Dryptosaurus,Phytosaurus,Mosasaurus,Plesiosaurus,Hypsibema,Ornithomimus,Hadrosaurus (Lophorhothon),Deinosuchus,Leidyosuchus;invertebrates,petrified wood	NC0055	original says Leidyosuchus		\|	,
-	Dare	NC	on area beaches	Pliocene		shells	NC0056			\|	,
Carlton[?]	Duplin	NC	In Quarry 1 km W	Eocene	Castle Hayne	mollusk casts and molds,echinoids,Pecten,a few fish teeth and ostracods	NC0057	Can't find a Carlton in North Carolina		\|	,
Giddensville	Duplin	NC	Crocodile teeth in	Cretaceous	PeeDee	Phobosuchus	NC0058			\|	,
Magnolia	Duplin	NC	3 km SSW			mollusks	NC0059			\|	,
Magnolia	Duplin	NC	3 km SW at Natural Well			mollusks,shark teeth	NC0060			\|	,
Magnolia	Duplin	NC	Area Sinks	Miocene		gastropods,scaphopods,pelecypods.	NC0061			\|	,
Magnolia	Duplin	NC	Classic Locality - 3 km SW at Natural Well in sand and marl	Miocene		gastropods,scaphopods,pelecypods.	NC0062			\|	,
Magnolia	Duplin	NC	Pit in Miocene Duplin Marl 3 km SW	Miocene	Duplin Marl	Mollusks,echinoids,bryozoa	NC0063			\|	,
Natural Well	Duplin	NC	on Albert Matthews property near Magnolia	Eocene	Castle Hayne	?	NC0064			\|	,
Durham	Durham	NC	'nearby' in Triangle Brick Company Quarry	Triassic	Newark	dinosaur - rauisuchian dinosaur	NC0065			\|	,
Durham Basin	Durham	NC		Triassic	Newark	crayfish	NC0066			\|	,
Battleboro	Edgecombe	NC	5 km S in sandy Limestone in fields and pits	Miocene		fossils	NC0067			\|	,
Old Sparta	Edgecombe	NC	S bank of Tar River 1 km downstream from NC42, in shell bed 5m below top of bluff.	Miocene	Yorktown	Mollusks	NC0068			\|	,
Old Sparta	Edgecombe	NC	on W bank of Tar River	Cretaceous	Cape Fear	?	NC0069			\|	,
Old Sparta	Edgecombe	NC	on W bank of Tar River Pliocene	Pliocene	Yorktown	?	NC0070			\|	,
Shiloh Mills	Edgecombe	NC	3 km NW of Tarboro on left (South?) bank of Tar River along US44			Ostrea,shark teeth	NC0071			\|	,
Tarboro	Edgecombe	NC	5 km NW at Bell's Bridge in low bluff			Divaricella	NC0072			\|	,
Tarboro	Edgecombe	NC	In creek bed exposures that reveal a bone bed	Miocene?		Abundant bones and shark teeth	NC0073			\|	,
Tarboro	Edgecombe	NC	along NC44 3 km N near bridge over Tar River			fossils	NC0074			\|	,
Halifax	Halifax	NC	S in ravine of tributary to Quankey Creek	Miocene	St Marys	crustaceans,gastropods,scaphopods,pelecypods	NC0075			\|	,
Palmyra Landing	Halifax	NC	5.5 km downstream			Balanus,Crepidula,Leda,Mulinia,Nucula,Ostrea,Phacoides,Yoldia,etc.	NC0076			\|	,
Weldon	Halifax	NC	on Roanoke River in sands and clays at Palmyra Bluff	Miocene	St Marys	numerous crustaceans,gastropods,scaphopods,etc.	NC0077			\|	,
Spout Springs	Harnett	NC	5 km NE near Reedy Swamp at head of Jumping Run in chalky Limestone	Tertiary	Trent	bryozoa,echinoderms	NC0078			\|	,
Murfreesboro	Hertford	NC	1.5 km upstream on in clays on Left bank of Meherrin River	Miocene	St Marys	abundant fossils	NC0079			\|	,
Murfreesboro	Hertford	NC	2 km downstream on Right bank of river	Miocene		Mulinia	NC0080			\|	,
Murfreesboro	Hertford	NC	2 km upstream in Clay beds	Miocene		many species	NC0081			\|	,
Murfreesboro	Hertford	NC	5 km downstream on Left bank of river	Miocene		Mulinia	NC0082			\|	,
Wiccacon Creek	Hertford	NC	In sands	Miocene		many mollusk species	NC0083			\|	,
Haywood Landing	Jones	NC	11 km SE of Maysville on NC 52 in Croatan National Forest	Oligocene-Miocene	Belgrade	?	NC0084			\|	,
Sanford	Lee	NC		Triassic		abundant plants	NC0085			\|	,
Kinston	Lenoir	NC	along banks of Mosely Creek NE of town	Eocene	Castle Hayne	?	NC0086			\|	,
Kinston	Lenoir	NC	along banks of Mosely Creek NE of town	Paleocene	Beaufort	?	NC0087			\|	,
Snow Hill	Lenoir	NC	10 km downstream on Contentnea Creek	Cretaceous		?	NC0088			\|	,
Snow Hill	Lenoir	NC	along banks of Contentnea Creek (classic locality washed out by storm in late 19 Century)	Cretaceous		100 species	NC0089			\|	,
Whitleys Creek Landing	Lenoir	NC	on S bank of Neuse River 100 meters E from Whitleys Creek	Cretaceous Upper	Black Creek	?	NC0090			\|	,
Williamstown	Martin	NC	2 km NW	Miocene		typical faunas.	NC0091			\|	,
Williamstown	Martin	NC	4 km NW in marl pits	Miocene		abundant fossils	NC0092			\|	,
Williamstown	Martin	NC	5 km NW along Conoho Creek	Miocene		typical faunas.	NC0093			\|	,
Rocky Mount	Nash	NC	W near power plant in marl pit			Mulinia	NC0094			\|	,
Castle Hayne	New Hanover	NC	In Ideal Cement Co Quarry	Eocene		mollusks,shark teeth	NC0095			\|	,
North Topsail Beach	New Hanover	NC	In float	Miocene		Shark teeth - Carcharodon,ProCarcharodon,Odontapsis. Galeocerdo	NC0096			\|	,
Wilmington	New Hanover	NC				Bryozoa Conopeum,Midronea[?],Hornera,Schizoporella,Cribrilaria,Stromatopora,Lichenopora	NC0097	'Midronea' might be a legitimate Bryozoan genus,but 'Idmidronea' seems a lot more likely		\|	,
Wilmington	New Hanover	NC	In city rock quarry			Flabellum,Madracis,Endopachys,Balanophyllia,Echinoids,brachiopods,mollusks,bryozoa	NC0098			\|	,
Meherrin River	Northampton	NC	1 km below RR bridge	Miocene		Mulinia	NC0099			\|	,
Meherrin River	Northampton	NC	near Virginia line on Right bank of River 2 km above RR bridge between Branchville,VA,and Margarettsville,NC	Miocene		Mulinia	NC0100			\|	,
Severn	Northampton	NC	At US35 bridge to Boykins,VA,In blue clay	Miocene		?	NC0101			\|	,
Maysville	Onslow	NC	Martin-Marietta Belgrade Quarry,Maysville,Exposures of Aquitanian Belgrade Fm.,Chattian River Bend Fm.			Fossils include shark + ray fauna,crocodiles,shells.	NC0102			\|	,
Silverdale	Onslow	NC	In area marl pits	Pliocene		Pecten	NC0103			\|	,
Silverdale	Onslow	NC	In unconsolidated shell marl	Miocene	Trent	mollusks	NC0104			\|	,
Silverdale	Onslow	NC	in Quarry 300 meters SE,shelly gravel and clayey coquina	Miocene Lower	Trent	?	NC0105			\|	,
Neuse River	Pamlico	NC	26 km S of New Berne on N bank			fossils	NC0106			\|	,
Castle Hayne	Pender	NC	Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry,Exposures of Lutetian stage	Cretaceous-Eocene	PeeDee\|Castle Hayne	?	NC0107			\|	,
Maple Hill	Pender	NC	In two marl pits (Lanier-Holly Creek)	Eocene	Castle Hayne	?	NC0108			\|	,
Rocky Point	Pender	NC	In spoil banks W of Cape Fear	Eocene		mollusks,shark teeth	NC0109			\|	,
Rocky Point	Pender	NC	Martin-Marietta Rocky Point Quarry,Exposure of Lutetian Castle Hayne Fm. + Maastrichtian	Cretaceous	PeeDee	?	NC0110			\|	,
Green's Mill Run	Pitt	NC	Exposure in stream bed	Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee\|Black Creek	Must dig and screen. Fossils include shark + ray faunas,cetacean remains,mosasaur teeth,belemnites.	NC0111			\|	,
Green's Mill Run	Pitt	NC	Exposure in stream bed of Yorktown Fm. and PeeDee Fm or Black Creek Fm Must dig and screen.	Cretaceous Upper	Yorktown\|PeeDee\|Black Creek	Fossils include shark + ray faunas,cetacean remains,mosasaur teeth,belemnites.	NC0112			\|	,
Greens Mill Run	Pitt	NC	Float material from sandbars	Cretaceous-Pliocene		Vertebrates-Shark Teeth	NC0113			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	10 km NW at Gorham Place in marl pit N of Tar River S of Tarboro Rd	Cretaceous		fossils	NC0114			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	11 km upstream at Blue Banks Landing	Cretaceous	Snow Hill	Invertebrates	NC0115			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	2 km W along ravine Road			gastropods,scaphopods - Dentalium,Pelecypods - Anomia,Astarte,Cardium,Crassatellites,Glycymeris,Mulinia,Ostrea,Pecten,Venus,Venericardia	NC0116			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	5 km W on W side of Harris Mill Run in marl pits			gastropods,scaphopods - Dentalium,Pelecypods - Anomia,Astarte,Cardium,Crassatellites,Glycymeris,Mulinia,Ostrea,Pecten,Venus,Venericardia	NC0117			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	6 km SE on Hardee Creek in blue-gray sand			Mulinia,coral,sharks teeth,many other shells	NC0118			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	at Green Mill Run Creek on ECU campus			mollusks-Ecphora,Shark Teeth	NC0119			\|	,
Greenville	Pitt	NC	on Tar River just below bridge	Miocene		gastropods,Dentalium,Pelecypods	NC0120			\|	,
Lumberton	Robeson	NC	Left bank of Lumber River 4 km East; 6.4 to 11.2km along Hwy 221	Miocene	Duplin Marl	broad mollusk-coral fauna	NC0121			\|	,
Eden	Rockingham	NC	in VA Solite Quarry/Mine	Triassic		plants,bones,insects	NC0122			\|	,
Stokes Ferry	Rowan?	NC	18 km S of St George			?	NC0123			\|	,
-	Sampson	NC	King J Marl Pit	Cretaceous	Black Creek	Vertebrates-Hypsibema	NC0124			\|	,
Albemarle	Stanly	NC	In blocky cross bedded slates in creek bed	Precambrian		a few Pternidium,Vendospica	NC0125			\|	,
Oakboro	Stanly	NC		Neoproterozoic	McManus?	Pteridinium (one of four known NC specimens)	NC0126			\|	,
Goldsboro	Wayne	NC		Triassic		abundant plants	NC0127	Original says 'Golsboro'		\|	,
-	[?]	NC		Cretaceous	Black Creek	dinosaur bones - Hadrosaurus	NC0129			\|	,
Carolina Slate Belt	[?]	NC	Avalonian trilobites from one or more localities I have not attempted to track down			?	NC0128			\|	,

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