Specimen Name: Exogyra ponderosa
Common Name: Honeycomb oyster; foam oyster (extinct species)
Specimen Code: 10BIVA00003
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (October 2010)
Locale: Burches Ferry, Florence, South Carolina, USA
Formation: PeeDee Formation
Geologic Time Period: Late Cretaceous Period
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Bivalvia – Pteriomorphia – Ostreida – Ostreoidea – Gryphaeidae – Exogyrinae – Exogyra – Ponderosa
Description of Specimen:
Fragmented oyster shell – white with distinct ridges
Measurements of Specimen:
23mm x 17mm x 17mm
The Fossil Ark 