USGS 29582 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as North side of Chesapeake and Delaware canal about 0.6 mile west of the St. Georges Bridge

Where: Delaware (39.6° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 45.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Englishtown Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Reposited in the USGS

• Collected by N.F. Sohl and J. P. Owens 22 June 1967

Primary reference: J. P. Owens, J. P. Minard, N. F. Sohl and F. James Mello. 1970. Stratigraphy of the outcropping post-Magothy Upper Cretaceous formations in Southern New Jersey an Northern Delmarva peninsula, Delaware and Maryland. USGS Professional Paper 674:1-60 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6139: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 28.01.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cidaroidae indet.
Cidaroid indet.
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
"? Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia
"? Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia d'Archiac and Haime 1853 sea urchin
Hardouinea? sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
aff. Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira aff. E. rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Gyrodes sp.
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
cf. Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea cf. M. marylandica Gardner
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail
Graciliala sp.
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Gabb 1868 snail
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Xenophora sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
cf. Turritella lorillardensis turret shell
Turritella cf. T. lorillardensis Weller
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"? Pseudamaura meekana" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
"? Pseudamaura meekana" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) snail
Pseudomaura meekana (Whitfield) ?
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna sp.
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria sp.
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea tecticosta oyster
Crassostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Agerostrea ? falcata Morton 1827 oyster
Lopha falcata Morton ?
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema conradi scallop
Syncyclonema conradi (Whitfield)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes bellisculptus scallop
Camptonectes bellisculptus (Conrad)
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969 clam
Vetericardia sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleurocardia (Trachycardium) ? longstreeti cockle
Cardium (Trachycardium) longstreeti Weller?
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
aff. Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona aff. A. eufaulensis Conrad
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
Leptosolen biplicatus Conrad
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha ? protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad?
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus sp.
Hamulus sp.