BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Eastport, Washington County, Maine, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 44.9061,-66.99 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Maine, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Washington County, Maine, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastport, Washington Co. - Presumpscot Fm (Pleistocene) | Richards H. G. (1962) | Presumpscot | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. Bloom (1960) assigned the name "Presumpscot Fm" to the sheet of emerged marine sediments that blankets the coastal region of southwestern Maine. AGE: Wisconsin (Levitt and Perkins, 1935), Late Pleistocene (Bloom 1960), Pleistocene (Richards 1962). | "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
---|---|---|
Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Ciliatocardium : Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Zirfaea crispata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Pholadidae : Zirfaea : Zirfaea crispata | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Colus stimpsoni species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Colus : Colus stimpsoni | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Richards H. G. (1962) Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America, Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52 3, 1-142 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!