Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 49 |
| Fossil Type: | Shell |
| Fossil Description: | Lima pelagica (prehistoric cockle) |
| Status: | Extinct |
| Relative Size: | Very Large |
| 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: | 67 to 74 |
| Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Big Brook |
| Discovery Location (City, ST): | Marlboro/Colts Neck, NJ |
| Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
| Deepest Formation: | Mount Laurel / Winona undifferentiated |
| Color: | Gray |
| Comments: | Giant prehistoric shell |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3700.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3701.jpg |