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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of North Carolina, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation ... By using this site, ...
Fossils are common in North Carolina. According to author Rufus Johnson, "almost every major river and creek east of Interstate 95 has exposures where fossils can be found". [1] The fossil record of North Carolina spans from Eocambrian remains that are 600 million years old, to the Pleistocene 10,000 years ago. About 600 million years ago ...
This list of the prehistoric life of North Carolina contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of North Carolina. Precambrian-Paleozoic
Acesta † Achrostichites – or unidentified comparable form † Achrostichites linnaeafolius Acirsa † Acutostrea † Acutostrea plumosa † Adocus Illustration of the reconstructed skeleton of the Late Triassic Aetosaurus. Othniel Charles Marsh (1895). † Aetosaurus † Aldebarania – type locality for genus † Aldebarania arenitea – type locality for species † Alinka – type ...
The Aurora Fossil Museum is a natural science museum in Aurora, North Carolina. The museum's collection is built around fossils recovered from the nearby phosphate mine owned since 1995 by PotashCorp , but also includes fossil specimens donated from around the world as well as geology and meteorite displays.
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
The Hardaway Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 31ST4, is an archaeological site near Badin, North Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, this multi-layered site has seen major periods of occupation as far back as 10,000 years. Materials from this site were and are used to assist in dating materials from other sites in the eastern ...
Location; Region North Carolina: ... The James City Formation is a geologic formation in North Carolina. It preserves fossils. See also