Tar Heel/Coachman Formation

The Tar Heel Formation, also known as the Coachman Formation in South Carolina, is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States. It preserves fossils, including amber dating back to the Cretaceous period. A locality known as Phoebus Landing, has been dated to 78.5-77.1 Ma, and the formation has been overall dated to the early Campanian based on fossil pollen.
Likely deposited in a nearshore coastal environment representing a lower shoreface, it contains a high diversity of vertebrate remains. It has one of the most diverse dinosaur faunas known from the former landmass of Appalachia, the majority of which are known from two sites: Phoebus Landing along the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina, as well as Stokes Quarry in Darlington County, South Carolina.
Fossil pollen grains suggest a subtropical to warm, moist temperate climate for the region, with an ecosystem largely dominated by flowering plants. The Tar Heel/Coachman Formation appears to be roughly concurrent with the Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey, which preserves a similar fauna.

Paleobiota

Cartilaginous fish

Based on the Paleobiology Database & Robb :

Ray-finned fish

Based on the Paleobiology Database, Robb & Stringer et al. Some species are known only from otolith remains from Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, North Carolina, which are indicated:

Genus	Species	Location	Material	Notes	Images
Albula	?A. campaniana	Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	263-378 otoliths	A bonefish.
Albula	?A. cf. A. ripleyensis	Blue Banks Landing, NC	1 otolith	A bonefish.
Albula	A. sp.	Phoebus Landing, NC		A bonefish.
Anomoeodus	A. phaseolus	Phoebus Landing, NC		A pycnodontid pycnodont.
Ariidae indet.		Blue Banks Landing, NC	11 otoliths	A sea catfish of uncertain affinities.
Aulopidae indet.		Blue Banks Landing, NC	1 otolith	A flagfin of uncertain affinities.
Beryx	?B. maastrichtiensis	Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	55 otoliths	A potential relative of alfonsinos.
Beryx	?B. zideki	Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	41 otoliths	A potential relative of alfonsinos.
?Congridae indet.		Auger Hole Landing, NC	1 otolith	An apparent conger eel of uncertain affinities.
Cylindracanthus	C. ornatus	Phoebus Landing, NC		A fish of uncertain affinities.
Enchodus	E. cf. petrosus	Phoebus Landing, NC		An enchodontid aulopiform.
Gonostomatidae indet.		Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	4 otoliths	A bristlemouth of uncertain affinities.
Hoplostethus	?H. coffeesandensis	Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	4 otoliths	A slimehead.
Kokenichthys	K. ensis	Blue Banks Landing, NC	2 otoliths	An elopiform or osteoglossiform.
Lepisosteidae indet.		Phoebus Landing, NC		A gar.
Megalopidae indet.		Blue Banks Landing, NC	1 otolith	A tarpon of uncertain affinities.
Osmeroides	O. weileri	Blue Banks Landing, NC	6 otoliths	An osmeroidid elopomorph.
Paralbula	P. casei	Phoebus Landing, NC		A phyllodontid elopomorph.
?Pempheris	?P. huddlestoni	Auger Hole Landing, NC	1 otolith	An apparent sweeper.
Percoidei indet.		Blue Banks & Auger Hole Landings, NC	5 otoliths	A percoid.
?Polymixia	?P. cf. harderi	Blue Banks Landing, NC		An apparent beardfish.
Pterothrissus	P. carolinensis	Blue Banks Landing, NC	67 otoliths	A pterothrissine bonefish.
Saurodon	S. sp.	Phoebus Landing, NC		A saurodontid ichthyodectiform.
Stephanodus	S. sp.	Phoebus Landing, NC		A pycnodont.
Xiphactinus	X. audax	Phoebus Landing, North Carolina, NC		An ichthyodectid ichthyodectiform.
Xiphactinus	X. vetus	Phoebus Landing, North Carolina, NC		An ichthyodectid ichthyodectiform.

Reptiles

Records from SC based on Schwimmer et al :

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Based mainly on Brownstein :
An indeterminate hadrosauroid is known from Stokes Quarry, SC.

Theropods

Indeterminate theropods, ornithomimosaurs, and maniraptorans are known from Stokes Quarry.

Crocodylomorphs

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Notes	Images
Borealosuchus	B. formidabilis	Phoebus Landing, NC	A eusuchian.
Bottosaurus	B. sp.	Stokes Quarry, SC	An early caiman.
Deinosuchus	D. rugosus	Phoebus Landing & Clifton Farm, NC Stokes Quarry, SC	An alligatoroid, one of the largest known crocodilians. Type locality for genus and species.
Gavialoidea indet.		Stokes Quarry, SC	A gavialoid.

Turtles

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Notes	Images
Adocus	A. beatus	Phoebus Landing, NC Stokes Quarry, SC	An adocid.
Bothremys	B. cooki	Phoebus Landing, NC	A bothremydid side-necked turtle.
Chedighaii	C. barberi	Phoebus Landing, NC	A bothremydid side-necked turtle.
Chedighaii	C. hutchinsoni	Phoebus Landing, NC	A bothremydid side-necked turtle.
Corsochelys	C. bentlyi	Stokes Quarry, SC	A sea turtle, likely a dermochelyid. Type locality for species.
Euclastes	E. wielandi	Stokes Quarry, SC	A pancheloniid sea turtle.
Osteopygis	O. emarginatus	Phoebus Landing, NC	A macrobaenid.
?Taphrosphys	?T. dares	Phoebus Landing, NC	A bothremydid side-necked turtle, taxonomic placement disputed.
Toxochelys	T. sp.	Stokes Quarry, SC	A toxochelyid sea turtle.
"Trionyx"	"T." halophilus	Phoebus Landing, NC	A stem-softshell turtle, likely not an actual member of the genus Trionyx. Species names are nomina dubia.
"Trionyx"	"T." priscus	Stokes Quarry, SC	A stem-softshell turtle, likely not an actual member of the genus Trionyx. Species names are nomina dubia.

Mammals

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Notes	Images
Marsupialia indet.		Darlington County, SC	A presumed marsupial relative.
Multituberculata indet.		Darlington County, SC	A multituberculate.