Environmental History of Maryland Miocene |
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... Turritella Astarte Molluscan Biofacies ( DRUMCLIFF ) Glycymeris Lyropecten Astarte Chione ( 10 ) Turritella Lucinoma Macrocallista - Dosinia Corbula . Turritella Cerastoderma Diplodonta- Lyropecten - Glossus Mercenaria ( BOSTON CLIFFS ) ...
... Turritella Astarte Molluscan Biofacies ( DRUMCLIFF ) Glycymeris Lyropecten Astarte Chione ( 10 ) Turritella Lucinoma Macrocallista - Dosinia Corbula . Turritella Cerastoderma Diplodonta- Lyropecten - Glossus Mercenaria ( BOSTON CLIFFS ) ...
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... Turritella , and Balanus . Turritella plebeia is exceedingly abundant in most of the shallower facies in the Maryland Miocene and reappears in unit 9 after being absent in units 5-8 . The Echinocythereis - Cytheretta ulrichi ...
... Turritella , and Balanus . Turritella plebeia is exceedingly abundant in most of the shallower facies in the Maryland Miocene and reappears in unit 9 after being absent in units 5-8 . The Echinocythereis - Cytheretta ulrichi ...
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... Turritella , Spisula , Nassarius , Mangelia , Lunatia , and Mercenaria . The Turritella - Spisula - Lunatia - Mercenaria fauna is distinctly similar to molluscs in the Calvert and Choptank shell beds , but the great numbers of Nassarius ...
... Turritella , Spisula , Nassarius , Mangelia , Lunatia , and Mercenaria . The Turritella - Spisula - Lunatia - Mercenaria fauna is distinctly similar to molluscs in the Calvert and Choptank shell beds , but the great numbers of Nassarius ...
Contents
Brief Stratigraphic Considerations Gernant | 16 |
Vertebrate Biofacies and Paleoenvironments Whitmore | 31 |
Road Log Gibson | 44 |
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abundant Anadara Astarte Atlantic Coastal Plain Atrina autochthonous Balanus baleen whale basin biofacies bivalves blue Boston Cliffs Member burrowed Calvert Beach Calvert County Calvert Formation Cape Cerastoderma cetotheres Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Group Choptank Formation Conoy Corbula elevata Crassatella Cretaceous Cushmanidea Cytheretta Cytheromorpha deposits depth diatomaceous dominated Drumcliff Drumcliff Member dusky Eastern Shore Echinocythereis Ensis environment Eocene facies Fairhaven fauna feet field trip Foraminifera Formation and equivalents fossiliferous Fossils Gernant Gibson Glossus Gyrolithes Henryhowella Hulingsina indicate Jersey Kirkwood Formation Long-beaked porpoise Loxoconcha Lunatia Lyropecten marginal marine Maryland Maryland Miocene Marys Formation Mercenaria middle Miocene Miocene Miocene strata molluscs mottled muddy Muellerina Murrayina Nassarius North Carolina numbers ostracode Paleoecology Panope Plum Point Marls porpoises Primitive baleen whale Pterygocythereis Pungo River rocks sediments shallow water shark Shattuck shell bed Shore of Maryland Spisula stratigraphic substrate terrigenous Thecachampsa Turritella Turritella plebeia turtles unit 22 Virginia well-sorted Yorktown Formation Zone