Carters Wharf, Zone 25 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Richmond County, Virginia (38.1° N, 76.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 75.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Claremont Manor Member (Eastover Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Mollusk Zone 8
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous, silty sandstone
• sand; silty, clayey, fine, weathered, greenish, gray
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71646: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Isognomon (Hippochaeta) sp. oyster | |
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