Lyons Creek, Zone 2 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Anne Arundel County, Maryland (38.7° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 72.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fairhaven Member (Calvert Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Popes Creek Sand bed occurs within zone 3b of the Fairhaven member
Environment/lithology: marine; white sandstone
• brown sand
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70591: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Ecphora tricostata Martin 1904 murex snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens, Pecten humphreysii
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens Ward and Blackwlder 1975 scallop
Pecten humphreysii Conrad 1842 scallop | |
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata, "Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea
"Chione latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
"Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea Conrad 1838 venus clam | |
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838 clam | |
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Panopea americana Conrad 1838 clam
Panopea whitfieldi Dall 1898 clam | |
"Thracia conradi" = Thracia (Homoeodesma) conradi
"Thracia conradi" = Thracia (Homoeodesma) conradi Couthouy 1839 clam | |
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Phacoides contractus clam | |
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata
"Venericardia granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata Say 1824 clam | |
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Astarte thomasi clam
Astarte cuneiformis Conrad 1840 clam | |