Chowan River Formation
143 distinct taxa, from 242 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 3.6–1.8 Mya.
North Carolina · US
143 taxa · 242 fossils · 3.6–1.8 MyaMacrostrat places this rock in the Chesapeake Group. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Astarte concentrica
- Cyclocardia granulata
- Ensis directus
- Glycymeris americana
- Gouldia
- Marevalvata tricarinata
- Nucula (Nucula) proxima
- Nuculana acuta
- Olivella mutica
- Plicatula gibbosa
- Turritella
- Abra aequalis
- Anadara aequicostata
- Angulus agilis
- Busycon
- Caryocorbula
- Conradostrea lawrencei
- Crassinella
- Crassinella lunulata
- Diodora
- Glycymeris sloani
- Pandora
- Pleuromeris auroraensis
- Pleuromeris decemcostata
- Prunum limatulum
- Seila adamsii
- Teinostoma
- Turbonilla
- Aligena striata
- Astarte
- Bostrycapulus aculeatus
- Caecum
- Carolinapecten eboreus
- Caryocorbula contracta
- Cavilinga trisulcata
- Crenella decussata
- Crepidula fornicata
- Crepidula plana
- Cymatosyrinx lunata
- Didianema
The 40 most often recorded, of 143.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.