Abstract
A fossil coral of the genus Solenastrea Milne Edwards amp; Haime (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae) is reported from Pleistocene deposits exposed near the town of Terra Ceia in Beaufort County, North Carolina. The specimen is similar in gross and corallite morphology to Solenastrea hyades (Dana) which is common in Neogene and Quaternary sediments of North Carolina, but has been altered by vadose diagenesis, making confident assignment to species challenging. The specimen is the first coral recovered from the Terra Ceia locality which has, up to now, yielded only mollusks.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Kentiana |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Dec 20 2022 |
Keywords
- INHS
- Cnidaria
- North Carolina Coastal Plain
- Quaternary
- Faviicae
- Faviina
- Zoantharia