Delaware Fossil Check List
Delaware Fossil Check List
See
where each fossil lies within the rock formations of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal.
Explanation:
x - fossil occurs in formation
Kml - Mount Laurel Formation (app. 71-73 million years old)
Kmt - Marshalltown Formation (app. 73-76 million years old)
Ket - Englishtown Formation (app. 76-78 million years old)
Kmv - Merchantville Formation (app. 78-84 million years old)
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |
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PROTOZOA (Foraminifera)
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Citharina sp. |
x |
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| Dentalina sp. |
x |
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| PORIFERA |
Cliona cretacica |
x |
x |
|
x |
| CNIDARA |
Micrabacia hilgardi |
x |
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| Solitary horn-shaped coral |
x |
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| BRYOZOA |
Cyolostome sp. |
x |
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| Frurionella sp. |
x |
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| Heteropora sp. |
x |
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| BRACHIOPODA |
Terebratulina cooperi |
x |
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |
| MOLLUSCA
(Gastropoda) |
Anisomyon jessupi |
x |
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| Architectonica voragiformis |
x |
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| Calliomphalus sp. |
x |
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x |
| Cylichna recta |
x |
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| Eoacteon sp. |
x |
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| Euspira halli |
x |
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x |
x |
| Gyrodes sp. |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Gyrodes crenata |
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x |
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| Haustator trilira |
x |
x |
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| Laxispira sp |
x |
x |
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x |
| Longoconcha sp. |
x |
x |
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x |
| Margaritella pumila |
x |
x |
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| Napulus sp. |
x |
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x |
| Piestochilus bella |
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x |
| Turritella sp. |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Turritella encrinoides |
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x |
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| Turritella trilira |
x |
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| Volutomorpha? delawarensis |
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| Xenophora leprosa |
x |
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x |
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |
| MOLLUSCA
(Pelecypoda) |
Anomia sp. |
x |
x |
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x |
| Anomia tellinoides |
x |
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| Cardium sp. |
x |
x |
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x |
| Clavagella armata |
x |
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| Corbula bisulcata |
x |
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| Crassatella sp. |
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x |
x |
x |
| Cucullaea neglecta |
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x |
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| Cucullaea sp. |
x |
x |
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x |
| Cucullaea vulgaris |
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|
x |
| Cymella bella |
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|
x |
| Cyprimeria cf. C. excavata |
|
x |
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| Exogyra cancellata |
x |
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| Exogyra costata |
x |
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| Exogyra ponderosa |
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x |
x |
x |
| Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata |
|
x |
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| Gervilliopsis ensiformis |
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x |
| Glycimeris mortoni |
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x |
| Granocardium tenuistriatum |
|
x |
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| Gryphaeostrea vomer |
x |
x |
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| Inoceramus proximus |
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x |
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| Linearia metastriata |
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x |
| Liopistha protexta |
x |
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x |
x |
| Lithophaga ripleyana |
x |
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| Neithea quinquecostata |
x |
x |
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x |
| Nemodon sp. |
x |
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| Nuculana sp. |
x |
x |
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x |
| Ostrea (Lopha) falcata |
x |
x |
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| Ostrea mesenterica |
x |
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| Ostrea monmouthensis |
|
x |
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| Panopea decisa |
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x |
| Pecten whitfieldi |
|
x |
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| Pholadomya occidentalis |
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|
x |
| Postligata crenata |
x |
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x |
| Pyncnodonte mutabilis |
x |
x |
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| Ptennipteria? sp. |
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| Pteria laripes |
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| Pulvinites argenteus |
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x |
| Trachycardium cf. C. longstreeti |
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x |
| Trigonia sp. |
x |
x |
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| Unicardium umbonata |
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x |
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |
| MOLLUSCA
(Cephalopoda) |
Baculites ovatus |
x |
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| Belemnitella americana |
x |
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| Menabites delawarensis |
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x |
| Oxybeloceras sp. |
x |
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| Placenticeras placenta |
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x |
| ANNELIDA |
Hamulus sp. |
x |
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x |
| Serpula implicata |
x |
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|
x |
| ARTHROPODA |
Callianassa mortoni |
x |
x |
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x |
| Hoploparia gabbi |
|
x |
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x |
| Ophiomorpha nodosa |
x |
x |
x |
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| Tetracarcinus subquadratus |
|
x |
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x |
| ECHINODERMATA |
Boletechinus sp. |
x |
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| Catopygus williamsi |
x |
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| Dunnicrinus sp. |
x |
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| Echinoid spines and plates |
x |
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| Hemiaster sp. |
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x |
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| Phymosoma sp. |
x |
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |
| CHORDATA
(Chondrichthyes) |
Ischyrhiza mira |
x |
x |
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x |
| Odontaspis sp. |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Ray vertebrae |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Scapanorhynchus texanus |
|
x |
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x |
| Shark vertebrae |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Squalicorax kaupi |
x |
x |
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x |
| CHORDATA
(Osteichthyes) |
Anomoeodus phaseolus |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Bony fish vertebrae |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Enchodus ferox |
x |
x |
|
x |
| CHORDATA
(Reptilia) |
Mosasaurus sp. |
x |
x |
|
x |
| Turtle shell fragments |
|
x |
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x |
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Kml |
Kmt |
Ket |
Kmv |