Specimen Name: Cerastodermata sp.
Common Name: Cockle shell
Specimen Code: 10BIVA00002
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Bivalvia – Heterodonta – Euheterodonta – Imparidentia – Cardiida – Cardioidea – Cardiidae – Lymnocardiinae – Cerastoderma
Description of Specimen:
A small, white half of a cockle shell with signs of worm-boring on its exterior side
Measurements of Specimen:
17mm x 16mm x 3mm
The Fossil Ark 