Boston Cliffs (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Talbot County, Maryland (38.7° N, 76.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 73.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Boston Cliffs Member (Choptank Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; red, yellow sandstone
• reddish and yellowish fossiliferous 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 70856: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Scaphopoda | |
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Cadulus thallus Conrad 1834 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Scala marylandica Martin 1904 wentletrap | |
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia
"Turritella plebeia" = Mariacolpus plebeia Say 1824 turret shell | |
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Crucibulum multilineatum Conrad 1842 slipper shell | |
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Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
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Ecphora tampaensis Dall 1890 murex snail | |
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Ptychosalpinx multirugata true whelk | |
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma barretti" = Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
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Caecum patuxentium Martin 1904 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea, Corbula inaequalis
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833 clam
Corbula inaequalis Say 1824 clam | |
"Metis biplicata" = Florimetis biplicata
"Metis biplicata" = Florimetis biplicata Conrad 1834 tellin clam | |
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Asaphis centenaria Conrad 1833 clam | |
"Saxicava artica" = Hiatella
"Saxicava artica" = Hiatella clam | |