USGS 17695 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as South side of Chesapeake and Delaware canal (in place) at station 62+500

Where: Delaware (39.5° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 45.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: marine

Reposited in the USGS

• collected by C. W. Carter 1935-7

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 6129: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 28.01.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella merchantvillensis turret shell
Turritella merchantvillensis Weller
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
cf. Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cf. P. cancellaria Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Gabb 1868 snail
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Bivalvia
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
cf. Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha cf. L. protexta (Conrad)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
cf. Juliacorbula swedesboroensis clam
Corbula cf. C. swedesboroensis Weller
Caestocorbula crassiplica Gabb 1860 clam
Caesticorbula crassiplica (Gabb)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen concentricum venus clam
Legumen concentricum Stephenson
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia magnoliense Stephenson
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
cf. Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia cf. A. argentaria Morton
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pinna sp.