USGS 17693: Early/Lower Campanian, Delaware
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Planolateralis (Planolateralis) sp. n. sp.
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| Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) n. sp. (Owens et al) | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium subarctuatum
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rare category | |||||||||
| Dentalium subarctuatum Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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rare category | |||||||||
| Idonearca sp. - owens | ||||||||||
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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rare category | |||||||||
| Idonearca sp. - owens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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rare category | |||||||||
| Inoceramus sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea falcata
(Morton 1827)
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common category | |||||||||
| Ostrea falcata Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna laqueata
Conrad 1858
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rare category | |||||||||
| Pinna laqueata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes bellisculptus
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rare category | |||||||||
| Camptonectes bellisculptus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby) of Weller | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
| Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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? Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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rare category | |||||||||
| Astarte ? sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Parmicorbula sp.
Vokes 1944
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rare category | |||||||||
| Parmicorbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula crassiplica
(Gabb 1860)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula crassiplica (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cardium spp. | ||||||||||
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tenuistriatum
(Whitfield 1885)
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common category | |||||||||
| Cardium (Granocardium) tenuistriatum (Whitfield) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia metastriata
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia metastriata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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cf. Etea carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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rare category | |||||||||
| Etea cf. E. carolinensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen concentricum
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rare category | |||||||||
| Legumen concentricum Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Eufistulana sp.
Eames 1951
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rare category | |||||||||
| Kummelia sp. - owens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea decisa
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rare category | |||||||||
| Panopea decisa Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cymella bella Conrad | ||||||||||
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cf. Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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rare category | |||||||||
| Liopistha cf. L. protexta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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rare category | |||||||||
| Trigonia sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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? Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nuculana ? sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula ? whitfieldi
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nucula whitfieldi Weller? | ||||||||||
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Nucula percrassa
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rare category | |||||||||
| Nucula slackiana (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Scaphites hippocrepis
(DeKay 1828)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Scaphites hippocrepis (Dekay) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Placenticeras placenta
(DeKay 1828)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Placenticeras placenta (Dekay) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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rare category | |||||||||
| Acteon sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira lumbricalis
Gabb 1877
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rare category | |||||||||
| Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb | ||||||||||
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Turritella merchantvillensis
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common category | |||||||||
| Turritella merchantvillensis Weller | ||||||||||
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cf. Turritella merchantvillensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Turritella cf. T. merchantvillensis Weller | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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rare category | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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rare category | |||||||||
| Gyrodes sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete sp. n. sp.
Gardner 1916
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rare category | |||||||||
| Paladmete n. sp. (Owens et al) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
(Gabb 1868)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. | ||||||||||
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Graciliala sp.
Sohl 1960
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rare category | |||||||||
| Graciliala sp. | ||||||||||
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Graciliala johnsoni
Stephenson 1923
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common category | |||||||||
| Graciliala johnsoni (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pseudamaura lepta
Sohl 1964
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rare category | |||||||||
| Pseudamaura lepta Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Siphonariidae
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cf. Anisomyon borealis
(Morton 1842)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anisomyon cf. A. borealis (Meek and Hayden) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Delaware |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 75.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 45.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Merchantville |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: collected by C. W. Carter 1935-7 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Clay lens in top of formation, south side of Chesapeake and Delaware canal at station 65+000 | ||
| Database number: | 6123 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-28 12:25:38 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 384. | 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] |