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Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.2911,-76.6358 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Maryland, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Leonardtown, St. Mary's Co. - Talbot Fm (Pleistocene) | Richards H. G. (1962) | Talbot | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Talbot Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon (Rasmussen and Slaughter 1955, 1957), Pleistocene (Richards 1962). | "siliciclastic" | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Crassostrea virginica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Crassostrea : Crassostrea virginica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Rangia cuneata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mactridae : Rangia : Rangia cuneata | 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!