Fossil Conch
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: A. Blankenbicker et al.
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Pliocene
label: Notes
content: Fragments of fossilized conch shells found from a quarry, usually an open pit where rocks, minerals, gravel and more are excavated from the ground. Some specimens are still attached to some matrix. Each measures around 10.5 cm x 5 cm x 4.5 cm in size or less.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 6
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Oct 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Golden Gate Quarry, North America, United States, Florida, Collier County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Strombus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401573
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, gastropoda, Neotaenioglossa, Strombidae, Strombinae