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Pycnodonte panda
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Taxonomy
Oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Genus: Pycnodonte
Species: Pycnodonte panda
Author Citation (Richards, 1958)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Stratigraphy
Mount Laurel Formation
Provenance
Collector: Heath Siple
Date Collected: 10/16/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm
Location
Reedy Point spoils pile -North Side
New castle
Delaware
United States
- bivalve
- c and d canal
- city
- cretaceous
- de
- delaware
- mount laurel formation
- mt laurel formation
- new jersey
- nj
- ostrea
- oyster
- reedy point
Comments
This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. Formerly known as Ostrea panda. It remains in the same Order. This species is not listed in the Delaware Geological Survey's bulletin about the fossils of the Canal. It is distinguished by its round shape. Pycnodontes are an extinct genus of oysters known as foam or honeycomb oysters.
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