Plum Point, Zone 6 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; blue, argillaceous sandstone
• bluish claey sand
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 70815: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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| Bivalvia | |
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata
"Corbula elevata" = Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838 clam | |