USGS 3915 (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as Urbanna

Where: Middlesex County, Virginia (37.6° N, 76.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 75.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yorktown Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: T. G. Gibson. 1987. Miocene and Pliocene Pectinidae (Bivalvia) from the Lee Creek Mine and adjacent areas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:31-112 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62356: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Argopecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus
"Argopecten eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus Conrad 1833 scallop