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| North Carolina Amber |
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| Age (Ma) |
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| Start: |
83.5 |
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| End: |
70.6 |
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| System/Period: |
Cretaceous |
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| Series/Epoch: |
Late Cretaceous |
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| Stage/Age: |
Early Campanian |
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| Location |
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| Location: |
Neuse River, North Carolina |
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| Country: |
United States |
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| Coordinates: |
35.4°N, 78.0°W |
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| Paleocoordinates: |
35.6°N, 49.5°W |
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| Diversity |
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| Species: |
3 |
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All material described by Sosiak et al. (2024) was collected in North Carolina (USA) from an amber deposit in an Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) outcrop. The deposit is located along the Neuse River near Goldsboro, a locality that is part of the Cretaceous Black Creek Formation. The lower part of the unit is characterized by gray feldspathic sand with lenses of dark clay; the upper part consists of thinly interbedded dark clays with micaceous silty fine sand. Amber from North Carolina has been designated as a Group A or B fossil resin based on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, suggesting that the botanical source is likely coniferous or a dipterocarp.
Genera known from North Carolina amber
No genera are unique to this formation.
Species known from North Carolina amber
Location of Formation
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| | Formations | | Amber | |
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| | Impression | Aix-en-Provence, France • Amgu River • Auxillac, France • Baikura • Barstow Formation • Bembridge Marls • Berezovsky Massif • Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya • Bournemouth • Brunn-Vösendorf, Austria • Brunstatt, France • Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana • Celas, France • Chon-Tyz Mine • Coldwater Beds • Crato, Brazil • Decín, Czech Republic • Eckfeld, Germany • Elko, Nevada • Emanra Formation • Enspel Formation • Epecuen Formation • Florissant • Fonseca Formation • Foulden Maar Diatomite • Green River Formation • Horsefly River, British Columbia • Iki Island, Japan • Isle of Purbeck • Joursac, France • Khronya Cape • Kishenehn Formation Shale • Kleinkems, Germany • Klondike Formation • Kuban Province • Kuclín, Czech Republic • Kzyl-Zhar • Lac Chambon, France • Lake Victoria, Kenya • Mae Sot, Thailand • Malyi Kamyshlak • McAbee • Menat Formation • Messel • Mo-Clay • Mokrina, Czech Republic • Montagne d'Andance, France • Most Formation • Oeningen, Switzerland • Ola Formation • Orapa • Ormety, Georgia • Parschlug, Austria • Paskapoo Formation • Puryear, Tennessee • Quesnel, British Columbia • Radoboj • Rott, Germany • Schossnitz, Poland • Shanwang, China • Sweetwater, Wyoming • Tallahatta Formation • Varvara Formation • Velikaya Kema • Ventana Formation • Vishnevaya Balka Creek • Wellborn, Texas • Willershausen, Germany • Yantardakh |
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