Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 110 |
Fossil Type: | Shell |
Fossil Description: | Lima pelagica (prehistoric cockle) |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Medium |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Pteriomorphia, Pteriomorpha |
Order: | Pterioida |
Suborder: | Pteriina |
Superfamily: | Limaceae, Limacea |
Family: | Limidae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Lima pelagica (Morton, 1833) |
Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
MYA: | About 72 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Poricy Brook |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Middletown, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Navesink |
Color: | White |
Comments: | Ribbed, similar to modern cockle |
Collector Name: | EMD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3582.jpg |