Haulover Inlet, Zone 19 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 73.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Boston Cliffs Member (Choptank Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Mollusk Zone 11

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, brown, green, argillaceous, silty sandstone

• sand; fine, osft, very shelly, somewhat weathered, grayish yellow

Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71643: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chesapecten nefrens" = Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens
"Chesapecten nefrens" = Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens Ward and Blackwlder 1975 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Dallarca elevata
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chesacardium sp.
Chesacardium sp. Ward 1992 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia acetabulum, Mercenaria cuneata
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam
subspecies blackwelderi
Mercenaria cuneata Conrad 1869 quahog
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia anodonta
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella marylandica
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte obruta
Astarte obruta Conrad 1834 clam