Lee Creek Mine Fauna

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Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

1.   Balanus sp. - Barnacle cluster

2.   Chesapecten jeffersonius - Scallop shell

3.   Volutifusus typus - Volute shell

4.   Urosalpinx suffolkensis - Drill Snail shell

5.   Busycon spiratum pyruloides - Pear Whelk shell

6.   Ecphora quadricostata 

7.   Heilprinia caloosaensis malcolmi - Spindle shell

8.   Chalmys (Lyropecten) madisonius - Scallop shell

9.   Pterorhythis conradi - Murex shell

10. Crepidula sp. - Slipper shell

Cenozoic

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Assorted Shark Teeth

Cenozoic

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Tube Worm Colony

Serpulorbis granifera

Cenozoic

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Tube Worm Colony

Serpulorbis granifera

Cenozoic

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Porpoise Vertebra

Xiphiacetus (Eurhinodelphis)

Early Miocene

Pungo River Formation

Lee Creek Mine

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Mixed Marine Faunal Assemblage

Echinolampas appendiculata

[Echinoid]

Lunulites sp.

[Bryozoan]

Crassatella wilcoxi

[Clam]

Idmidronea sp.

[Coral]

Middle Eocene

Castle Hayne Limestone

Lee Creek Mine

Aurora

Beaufort County

NORTH CAROLINA

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