UPPER CRETACEOUS. 137

At milepost 72, 22 miles above Kinston, left bank, the following
forms were obtained in a low exposure: Leda sp., Nemodon?, Arca sp.,
Cymella bella Conrad, Lunatia?, Anchura?, Otodus appendiculatus
Agassiz. (U.S. G. S. Loc. No. 4138.) From this point to milepost 60
there are occasional low exposures of greensand or dark marine clay,
the latter in places containing soft casts of shells, and both the sand
and clay in places contain poorly preserved fossil shells.

At 62% miles above New Bern (1214 miles above Kinston), left
bank, the following forms were obtained: Oymella bella Conrad, Cras-
satellites carolinensis Conrad, and Corbula ii (U. S. G. S. Loc. No.
4135.)

At Whiteley Creek Landing, milepost 60, the river bank presents a
section about 14 mile in length which is oasenatetly the same in char-
acter throughout and which may be represented by the following gen-
eral section :

SECTION AT WHITELEY CREEK LANDING, MILEPOST 60, RIGHT BANK,

Pleistocene: Frev.
Yellow sandy clay loam, grading down into coarse sand with a
thin“band of gravel alone base nies oa Ue epee Ser es 6-10
(Unconformity,) —

Cretaceous (Black Creek formation) :

Dark greenish-gray, rather coarse, glauconitic sand, with several
more or less discontinuous indurated layers between top and
bottom. Very fossiliferous, the fossils being soft except in the
indurated IBYORR Go aes Glave 4iaeaes ites Cia es bale 8-10

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 

The contained fauna, ohn is listed below, indicates that this hori-
zon occupies a position very close to the dividing line between the
Black Creek and Peedee formations. The absence, however, of such
forms as Ostrea larva Lamarck, the typical form of O. subspatulata
Forbes, and Belemnitella americana Morton, points to its being some-
what older than the typical Peedee formation, and it is therefore tenta-
tively referred to the upper part of the Black Creek formation.

U. 8. G. S, LOCALITY Nos. 4136 AND 5354—NEUSE RIVER, WHITELEY CREEK

LANDING, N. C., 60 MILES ABOVE NEW BERN, N.C. (EXPOSURE
EXTENDS } MILE ABOVE LANDING.)

Stephanophyllia sp. (near S. bower- — Ostrea subspatulata Forbes?

bankii M.B.& H. Iden. by T.W. —— Ostrea plumosa Morton.
Vaughan.) Ostrea n. sp. (same as at Blue Banks
Serpula cretacea (Conrad). Landing, N. C.). ‘
Cucullaea antrosa Morton. : _ Ostrea 2. sp.
_ Nemodon brevifrons Conrad. Evogyra sp. Be
Arca rostellata Morton? _ Prigonia n. sp. (probably same as. at ae

a Glycymeris subaustralis (d’Orbigny). | Snow Hill, N. C.).
Perna n, sp.  Peeten n. sp.