Peedee Formation
{{Short description|Geological formation in the United States}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Peedee Formation
| image = Cucullaea melhaseana (fossil bivalve) (Pee Dee Formation, Upper Cretaceous; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA) 3.jpg
| caption = Cucullaea, a fossil bivalve from the Peedee Formation (South Carolina)
| type = Formation
| age = Early to Late Maastrichtian, {{fossil range|71.0|66.9}}
| period = Maastrichtian
| prilithology = Glauconitic to argillic sandstone
| otherlithology = Claystone, limestone
| namedfor = Pee Dee River, type locality: Burches Ferry, South Carolina[http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=SCKpd%3B1 USGS Peedee Formation South Carolina] and [http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=NCKp%3B11 USGS Peedee Formation North Carolina]
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| region = North Carolina, South Carolina
| country = United States
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| subunits =Rocky Point Member, Island Creek Member
| underlies =Castle Hayne Limestone
| overlies = Black Creek Group
| thickness = Up to {{convert|886|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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The Peedee Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. A marine deposit representing an inner neritic environment, named for exposures along the Great Peedee River, it preserves invertebrate (primarily belemnites, echinoderms and foraminifera) and vertebrate (primarily shark teeth, with some marine reptile remains) 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.{{Cite journal |last=Parris |first=David, C. |last2=Smith Grandstaff |first2=Barbara |last3=Clements |first3=Donald |date=August 2004 |title=A Pterosaur Femur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Carolina |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279545200_A_pterosaur_femur_from_the_upper_Cretaceous_of_North_Carolina |journal=Southeastern Geology |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=51-55}}
The stratigraphy of the formation spans from the early Maastrichtian (in South Carolina) to the late Maastrichtian shortly before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The formation is divided into several members, including the early-mid Maastrichtian Rocky Point Member and the late Maastrichtian Island Creek Member.{{Cite journal |last=Case |first=Gerard R. |last2=Cook |first2=Todd D. |last3=Saford |first3=Eric M. |last4=Shannon |first4=Kevin R. |date=2016 |title=A late Maastrichtian selachian assemblage from the Peedee Formation of North Carolina, USA. |url=https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/28648 |journal=Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology |language=en |volume=3 |doi=10.18435/B5T88N |issn=2292-1389|doi-access=free }} Based on its fauna, it appears to be roughly concurrent with the Navesink Formation from New Jersey.
Vertebrate paleobiota
= Cartilaginous fish =
== Sharks ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Anomotodon
|A. cf. toddi |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A goblin shark. |
| Archaeolamna
|A. kopingensis |Duplin County, North Carolina | |
| Cantioscyllium
|C. cf. meyeri |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A nurse shark. | |
| Carcharias
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A sand shark, related to the modern sand tiger shark. |
| Cretalamna
|C. maroccana |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A megatooth shark. |
| Heterodontus
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A bullhead shark. |
| "Hybodus"
|"H." sp. |Duplin County, North Carolina | |A hybodont shark. |
| Notidanodon
|N. sp. |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A cow shark. Teeth damaged but resemble those of the widespread species N. dentatus. |
| Odontaspis
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A sand shark. |
| Palaeogaleus
|P. sp. |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A houndshark. |
| rowspan="2" |Plicatoscyllium
|P. antiquum | rowspan="2" |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina | | rowspan="2" |A nurse shark. | rowspan="2" | |
| P. derameei
| |
| Pseudocorax
|P. cf. affinis |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A pseudocoracid mackerel shark. |
| Scapanorhynchus
|S. texanus |Duplin County, North Carolina | |A goblin shark. |
| Serratolamna
|S. serrata |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A serratolamnid mackerel shark. |
| rowspan="2" |Squalicorax
|S. kaupi | rowspan="2" |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina | rowspan="2" |Island Creek | rowspan="2" |A crow shark. | rowspan="2" |frameless |
| S. pristodontus |
| Squalus
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A spurdog. |
== Rays ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Dasyatis
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |
| rowspan="2" |Ischyrhiza
|I. avonicola | rowspan="2" |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina | rowspan="2" |Island Creek | rowspan="2" |A sawskate. | rowspan="2" |frameless |
| I. mira |
| Ptychotrygon
|P. clementsi |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A ptychotrygonid sawskate. |
| Raja
|Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A skate. |
| Rhinobatos
|R. sp. |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A guitarfish, tentatively placed in Rhinobatos. |
| Rhombodus
|R. binkhorsti |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A rhombodontid stingray. |
| Sclerorhynchus
|S. cf. pettersi |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Island Creek |A ganopristid sawskate. |
= Bony fish =
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Enchodus
|E. sp. |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |Rocky Point |An enchodontid aulopiform. |
= Reptiles =
== Pterosaurs ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| cf. Azhdarchidae indet.
| |East Coast Limestone Quarry |Rocky Point |A potential azhdarchid, known from a femur closely resembling that of Azhdarcho. | |
== Crocodilians ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Notes !Images |
| Borealosuchus
|B. sp. |Diamondhead Loop Road, South Carolina |A eusuchian.{{Cite journal |last=Schwimmer |first=David R. |last2=Sanders |first2=Albert E. |last3=Erickson |first3=Bruce R. |last4=Weems |first4=Robert E. |date=2015 |title=A Late Cretaceous Dinosaur and Reptile Assemblage from South Carolina, Usa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24398224 |journal=Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |volume=105 |issue=2 |pages=i–157 |issn=0065-9746}} |
== Turtles ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Peritresius
|P. ornatus |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina Allison Ferry, South Carolina |Rocky Point |
| "Trionyx"
|Lynchburg, South Carolina | |A stem-trionychian. | |
== Plesiosaurs ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Cimoliasaurus
|C. magnus |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |Rocky Point |An elasmosaurid. |
== Mosasaurs ==
Invertebrate paleobiota
= Echinoderms =
== Echinoids ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Cardiaster
|C. leonensis |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina | rowspan="9" |Rocky Point |A holasterid. |
| Catopygus
|C. mississippiensis |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |A cassidulid. |
| rowspan="3" |Hardouinia
|H. aequoria | rowspan="3" |Wadsworth Marl Pit, North Carolina Niels Eddy Landing, North Carolina East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | rowspan="3" |A cassiduloid. | rowspan="3" |File:Hardouinia florealis Alabama.jpg |
| H. kellumi |
| H. mortonia |
| Faujasia
|F. chelonium |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |A sand dollar. | |
| Lefortia
|L. trojana |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |A sand dollar. | |
| Linthia
|L. variabilis |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |
| Porosoma
|P. sp. |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |A phymosomatid. |
== Sea stars ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Aldebarania
|A. arenitea |Martin-Marietta Castle Hayne Quarry, North Carolina |Rocky Point |An astropectinid.{{Cite journal |last=Blake |first=Daniel B. |last2=Sturgeon |first2=Keith |date=1995 |title=Aldebarania arenitea, a new genus and species of Astropectinidae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Peedee Formation of North Carolina |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/aldebarania-arenitea-a-new-genus-and-species-of-astropectinidae-asteroidea-echinodermata-from-the-maastrichtian-upper-cretaceous-peedee-formation-of-north-carolina/2F7F5FF8ED805872D85A50941F74382B |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=376–380 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000034697 |issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription }} | |
== Crinoids ==
The Peedee Formation preserves some of the latest-occurring remains of the Roveacrinida, an extinct order of minute, pelagic crinoids.{{Cite journal |last=Gale |first=Andrew S. |last2=Sadorf |first2=Eric |last3=Jagt |first3=John W. M. |date=2018-05-01 |title=Roveacrinida (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the upper Maastrichtian Peedee Formation (upper Cretaceous) of North Carolina, USA – The last pelagic microcrinoids |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667117304913 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=85 |pages=176–192 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.01.008 |issn=0195-6671|url-access=subscription }}
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Applinocrinus
|A. texanus |Wilmington, North Carolina | |An applinocrinine saccocomid. | |
| Birgelocrinus
|B. degraafi |Wilmington, North Carolina | |An hessicrinine saccocomid. | |
| rowspan="2" |Lucernacrinus
|B. degraafi | rowspan="2" |Wilmington, North Carolina | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |An hessicrinine saccocomid. | rowspan="2" | |
| B. jagti |
| Peedeecrinus
|P. sadorfi |Wilmington, North Carolina | |An applinocrinine saccocomid. | |
= Molluscs =
== Cephalopods ==
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!Genus !Species !Location !Member !Notes !Images |
| Belemnitella
|B. americana |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina Black Rock Landing, North Carolina |Rocky Point |A belemnite, source of the famous "Pee Dee Belemnite". |File:Belemnitella americana (fossil belemnites) (Cretaceous; New Jersey, USA) (49103465241).jpg |
| Sphenodiscus
|S. lobatus |East Coast Limestone Quarry, North Carolina |Rocky Point |A sphenodiscid ammonite. |
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
Category:Cretaceous geology of North Carolina
Category:Cretaceous geology of South Carolina
Category:Maastrichtian Stage of North America
Category:Shallow marine deposits