Fossil Scallop, Scallop
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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: Notes
content: These two specimens are fossil scallop shells. The specimens date to the Miocene Epoch and were found at the Choptank formation in Maryland. Both shells measure 11.5 cm x 11 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Mar 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Jones Wharf, W bank of Patuxent River, North America, United States, Maryland, Saint Mary's 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: Chesapecten nefrens
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50966
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Autobranchia, Ostreiformii, Pectinida, Pectinidina, Pectinidae