USGS 29585: Late/Upper Campanian, Delaware
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Wadeopsamea sp.
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rare category | |||||||||
| Wadeopsamea? sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) | ||||||||||
| Trigonia eufaulensis Gabb | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria sp.
Conrad 1864
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rare category | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lithophaga sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Cucullaea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Acutostrea plumosa
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rare category | |||||||||
| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea falcata
(Morton 1827)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lopha falcata Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte mutabilis
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abundant category | |||||||||
| Pyncnodonte mutabilis Morton | ||||||||||
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Exogyra cancellata
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common category | |||||||||
| Exogyra cancellata Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Radiopecten mississippiensis
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common category | |||||||||
| Radiopecten mississippiensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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? Microchlamys (Pecten) venustus
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rare category | |||||||||
| replaced by Dhondtichlamys | ||||||||||
| Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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rare category | |||||||||
| Lima sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia tellinoides
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia tellinoides Morton | ||||||||||
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Anomia argentaria
Morton 1833
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rare category | |||||||||
| Anomia argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Paranomia scabra
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common category | |||||||||
| Paranomia scabra Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Arrhoges sp.
(Gabb 1868)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Arrhoges sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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cf. Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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rare category | |||||||||
| recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
| Xenophora cf. X. leprosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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rare category | |||||||||
| Longoconcha sp. | ||||||||||
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Volutomorpha sp.
Gabb 1877
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rare category | |||||||||
| Volutomorpha sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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common category | |||||||||
| Pyropsis sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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rare category | |||||||||
| Bellifusus 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
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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common category | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella macnairyensis
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rare category | |||||||||
| Turritella macnairyensis Wade | ||||||||||
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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rare category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Haustator trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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rare category | |||||||||
| Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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common category | |||||||||
| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Delaware |
| Coordinates: | 39.6° 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: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mount Laurel Sand |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Buddenhagen, Sohl, and Kauffman 1966 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "Gryphaea" bed in bench 150-300 yds east of St. Georges bridge, south bank Chesapeake and Delaware canal, Delaware. | ||
| Database number: | 6170 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-02-01 12:38:51 | 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] |