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    VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) BLADEN FORMATION, BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

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    Author
    Crane, Cynthia Danielle
    Abstract
    A site recently discovered near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, has produced a wealth of late Cretaceous (Campanian) age vertebrate fossil material revealing a variety of new taxonomic, paleoecologic, and biogeographic information. This site, the Bladen County Landfill Annex (BCLA), has yielded a greater abundance and diversity of vertebrate material than Phoebus Landing, a well-researched site located approximately 7 km (4.35 miles) southeast of Elizabethtown.  Bulk sampling of a bonebed located at the top of the Bladen Formation at the BCLA site yielded a diverse assemblage of fresh water, brackish water, and terrestrial organisms. The fossils from this site exhibit little or no abrasion, implying no transport or a short time and distance of transport. Fossils representing Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Reptilia, Mammalia, and Amphibia were recorded. This fauna allows for regional correlation with Campanian age faunas from the Marshalltown Formation (Ellisdale Site), New Jersey and the Blufftown Formation, Georgia. Of particular note, the BCLA faunal assemblage also exhibits affinities with Campanian age microvertebrate fossil assemblages from the Aguja Formation of Texas, the Mesaverde Formation of Wyoming, the Judith River Formation of Montana, and the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3729
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     Paleontology; Geology; Bladen County (N.C.); Campanian; Elizabethtown (N.C.); Microvertebrate; North Carolina; Taphonomy 
    Date
    2011
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    Crane, Cynthia Danielle. (January 2011). VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) BLADEN FORMATION, BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3729.)

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    Crane, Cynthia Danielle. VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) BLADEN FORMATION, BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2011. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3729. March 04, 2021.
    Chicago:
    Crane, Cynthia Danielle, “VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) BLADEN FORMATION, BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2011).
    AMA:
    Crane, Cynthia Danielle. VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) BLADEN FORMATION, BLADEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2011.
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    • North Carolina Collection
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    East Carolina University

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