Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 63 |
| Fossil Type: | Shell |
| Fossil Description: | Articulate Brachiopod (prehistoric scallop) |
| Status: | Extinct |
| Relative Size: | Medium |
| Class: | Articulata (Articulate Brachiopods) |
| Order: | Terebratullida |
| Superfamily: | Terebratullaceae |
| Family: | Terebratellidae |
| Scientific Name (Genus species): | Chloristothyris plicata (Say, 1820) |
| 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: | Gray |
| Comments: | Tiny, similar to modern scallop, broken with both halves |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3826.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3825.jpg |