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Point Shirley, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)42.3597,-70.9703
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationMassachusetts, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Point Shirley, Massachusetts (Pleistocene)Clark W.B. (1906)STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: underlies glacial drift. BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: no justification given for age assignment.claystone0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aligena elevata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Lasaeidae : Aligena : Aligena elevata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Crassostrea virginica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Crassostrea : Crassostrea virginica0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Mya : Mya (Arenomya) arenaria0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mercenaria mercenaria
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Mercenaria : Mercenaria mercenaria0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Urosalpinx cinerea
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Urosalpinx : Urosalpinx cinerea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ilyanassa obsoleta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Tritia : Tritia obsoleta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ilyanassa trivittata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Ilyanassa : Ilyanassa trivittata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Clark W.B. (1906) Pliocene and Pleistocene, Maryland Geological Survey
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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!
 
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