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Ostrea compressirostra
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By sixgill pete (edited)
Taxonomy
Oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Ostrea
Species: Ostrea compressirostra
Author Citation (Say,1824)
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: 06/11/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 101 mm
Width: 97 mm
Location
Tar River
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Self collected from a bluff along the Tar River upstream of Tarboro N.C. This is a fairly common oyster in this deposit, but most are extremely brittle and crumble upon touching. Still looking for my first complete (double valve) specimen.
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