PBDB Collection

USGS 16224 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Norht side of Chesapeake and Delaware canal at post 40+500

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 L.W. Stephenson 16Sept1962

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 6136: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 28.01.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Cassiduloida -	"? Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia "? Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia d'Archiac and Haime 1853 sea urchin Hardouinea? sp.
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon sp. Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869 clam Nemodon sp.
Arcida - Glycymerididae	aff. Glycymeris mortoni aff. Glycymeris mortoni clam Glycymeris aff. G. mortoni (Gabb)
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	? Inoceramus sp. ? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus ? sp.
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Ambigostrea tecticosta, Agerostrea ? falcata Ambigostrea tecticosta oyster Crassostrea tecticosta (Gabb) Agerostrea ? falcata Morton 1827 oyster Lopha falcata Morton ?
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Exogyra sp. Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster Exogyra sp.
Ostreida - Pteriidae	Pteria sp. Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster Pteria sp.
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes bellisculptus, ? Camptonectes burlingtonensis Camptonectes bellisculptus scallop Camptonectes bellisculptus (Conrad) ? Camptonectes burlingtonensis scallop Camptonectes ? burlingtonensis (Gabb)
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia argentaria Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	Pseudolimea reticulata Pseudolimea reticulata file clam Lima reticulata Forbes
Carditida - Crassatellidae	? Crassatella sp. ? Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam Crassatella ? sp.
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina sp. Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam Lucina sp.
Pholadida - Corbulidae	cf. Parmicorbula bisulcata cf. Parmicorbula bisulcata clam Parmicorbula cf. P. bisulcata Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) sp., Pleurocardia (Trachycardium) ? longstreeti Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. Gabb 1869 cockle Cardium (Granocardium) sp. Pleurocardia (Trachycardium) ? longstreeti cockle Cardium (Trachycardium) longstreeti Weller?
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia metastriata Conrad
Cardiida - Arcticidae	cf. Etea carolinensis cf. Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam Etea cf. E. carolinensis Conrad
Cardiida - Veneridae	Legumen ? ellipticum Legumen ? ellipticum venus clam Legumen ellipticum Conrad?
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Cymella bella, Liopistha ? protexta Cymella bella clam Cymella bella Conrad Liopistha ? protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad?
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	"cf. Scabrotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), "Scabrotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) "cf. Scabrotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam Trigonia (Pterotrigonia) cf. T. (P.) bartrami Stephenson "Scabrotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp." = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam Trigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula sp. Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam Nucula sp.
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	cf. Turritella lorillardensis, Turritella quadrilira cf. Turritella lorillardensis turret shell Turritella cf. T. lorillardensis Weller Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898 turret shell Haustator quadrilira (Johnson)
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	aff. Euspira rectilabrum aff. Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira aff. E. rectilabrum (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutomorpha sp. Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp.