Plum Point, Zone 6: Burdigalian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula elevata
Conrad 1838
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| recombined as Varicorbula elevata | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Calvert |
| Coordinates: | 38.6° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° North, 72.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Calvert | Member: | Plum Point |
| Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 6 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: bluish claey sand | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 70815 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-09 13:19:12 | Last modified: | 2007-05-15 09:12:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-09 13:19:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23697. | 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] |