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Oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Mount Laurel Formation
Collector: Heath Siple
Date Collected: 10/16/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Diameter: 23 mm
Reedy Point spoils pile -North Side
New castle
Delaware
United States
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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