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  • Myrakeena (Conradostrea) lawrencei


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    sixgill pete

    Taxonomy

    Oyster

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Ostreoida
    Family: Ostreidae
    Genus: Myrakeena (Conradostrea)
    Species: Myrakeena (Conradostrea) lawrencei
    Author Citation Ward & Blackwelder, 1987

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pliocene
    International Age: Zanclean

    Stratigraphy

    Yorktown Formation
    Rushmere Member

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 05/13/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 66 mm
    Width: 53 mm
    Thickness: 24 mm

    Location

    Quarry near the Tar River
    Edgecombe County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    This beautiful little oyster was self collected. It was dug out of the formation with both valves, always a great way to find bivalves. Was originally assigned to genus, Conradostrea but is now Myrakeena

     

    Lit:

    The Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, II. Clayton Ray, editor. LATE PLIOCENE AND EARLY PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCA FROM THE JAMES CITY AND CHOWAN RIVER FORMATIONS AT THE LEE CREEK MINE, by Lauck W. Ward and Blake W. Blackwelder. Page 113




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