USGS 29507, Biggs lower: Late/Upper Campanian, Delaware
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia hilgardi
Stephenson 1916
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synonym of Micrabacia marylandica | ||||||||||
Micrabacia hilgardi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Cheilostomata | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina cooperi
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Terebratulina cooperi Richards and Shapiro | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium intercalatum
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Dentalium intercalatum Wade | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Postligata crenata
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common category | |||||||||
Postiligata crenata Wade | ||||||||||
Postligata wordeni
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common category | |||||||||
Postiligata wordeni Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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cf. Arca macnairyensis
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Arca cf. A. macnairyensis Gabb | ||||||||||
Arca sp. n. sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Arca n. sp. (Owens et al) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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rare category | |||||||||
Inoceramus sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea mesenterica
(Morton 1834)
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common category | |||||||||
recombined as Lopha mesenterica | ||||||||||
Lopha mesenterica Morton | ||||||||||
Agerostrea falcata
(Morton 1827)
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common category | |||||||||
Lopha falcata Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte mutabilis
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common category | |||||||||
Pyncnodonte mutabilis Morton | ||||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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rare category | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Exogyra cancellata
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common category | |||||||||
Exogyra cancellata Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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? Microchlamys (Pecten) venustus
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common category | |||||||||
replaced by Dhondtichlamys | ||||||||||
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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rare category | |||||||||
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula mullicaensis
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rare category | |||||||||
Plicatula mullicanensis Weller | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia tellinoides
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abundant category | |||||||||
Anomia tellinoides Morton | ||||||||||
Anomia argentaria
Morton 1833
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rare category | |||||||||
Anomia argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Paranomia scabra
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rare category | |||||||||
Paranomia scabra Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea reticulata
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Lima reticulata Lyell and Forbes | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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aff. Vetericardiella subcircula
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Vetericardia aff. V. subcircula Wade | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina parva
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Lucina parva Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula crassiplica
(Gabb 1860)
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rare category | |||||||||
Caesticorbula crassiplica (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) dumosum
Conrad 1870
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rare category | |||||||||
Cardium (Granocardium) dumosum Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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cf. Sourimis georgiana
(Gabb 1876)
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rare category | |||||||||
Tellina cf. T. georgiana Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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rare category | |||||||||
Veniella conradi Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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Cymbophora spp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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rare category | |||||||||
Liopistha protexia (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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rare category | |||||||||
Trigonia sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis
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spelled with current rank as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) | ||||||||||
Trigonia eufaulensis Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Malletia longifrons
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Nuculana longifrons (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Malletia stephensoni
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Perissonata stephensoni (Richards) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella americana
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Belemnitella americana (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) ? americanus
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade? | ||||||||||
cf. Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) cf. C. (C.) nudus Sohl | ||||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) sp.
Cossmann 1888
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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Acteon sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Avellana bullata
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Avellana bullata (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Cerithium sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Haustator trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Nudivagus sp.
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Nudivagus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Acteoninidae
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Eoacteon percultus
Sohl 1964
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Eoacteon percultus Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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Euspira rectilabrum Conrad | ||||||||||
Amaurellina stephensoni
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Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Hercorhyncus sp.
Conrad 1868
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Hercorhynchus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete gardnerae
(Wade)
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Paladmete gardnerae Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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? Tintorium sp.
Sohl 1960
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Tintorium? sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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cf. Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
Xenophora cf. X. leprosa Morton | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Delaware | County: | New Castle |
Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 75.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 45.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mount Laurel Sand |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: Collected by Buddenhagen, Kauffman, and Sohl 1966 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Biggs farm locality on the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, about 300 yd west of light 13 and 1.3 miles (airline) due east of St. Georges Bridge | ||
Database number: | 6172 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-02-01 12:42:11 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
384. | 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] |