Little Cove Point, Zone 22 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Maryland (38.4° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 74.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Little Cove Point Member (St Marys Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: foreshore; blue, sandy claystone
• foreshore, muddy, shallow shelf
• bluish sandy clay
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70851: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Polynices heros" = Euspira heros
"Polynices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
Terebra inornata Whitfield 1894 auger snail | |
"Mangilia parva" = Propebela parva
"Mangilia parva" = Propebela parva Conrad 1830 cone shell | |
"Nassa peralta" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta
"Nassa peralta" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta Conrad 1868 snail | |
"Columbella communis" = Astyris communis
"Columbella communis" = Astyris communis Conrad 1862 snail | |
Ecphora quadricostata Conrad 1830 murex snail | |
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis, "Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia
"Turritella variabilis" = Turritella (Torcula) variabilis Conrad 1830 turret shell
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca idonea" = Dallarca idonea
"Arca idonea" = Dallarca idonea Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius, "Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius
"Pecten jeffersonius" = Chesapecten jeffersonius Say 1824 scallop
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
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Thecostraca | |
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle |