Fossil Scallop
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1978
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: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
label: Notes
content: These are two fossil scallop shells. They date to the Miocene Epoch and were found at the James River formation in Virginia. The fossils measure 17 cm x 15.5 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2024
label: Stratigraphy
content: Eastover - Cobham Bay
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: South side of James River, 8 km east of Cobham Wharf, North America, United States, Virginia, Surry 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 middlesexensis
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50894
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Autobranchia, Ostreiformii, Pectinida, Pectinidina, Pectinidae