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Tag: Cenozoic

Urosalpinx sp. (specimens 03-06)

Drill snail shells (Urosalpinx sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, drill snails, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, Miocene, Mollusca, muricidae, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Ocenebrinae, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, Urosalpinx, USA, Yorktown Formation

Busycon contrarium (specimen 02)

Extinct busycon whelk shell (B. contrarium) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, B contrarium, Buccinidae, Buccinoidea, Busycon, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, Miocene, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, USA, whelks, Yorktown Formation

Urosalpinx cinerea (specimen 01)

Atlantic oyster drill shell (U. cinerea) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Atlantic Oyster Drill, Aurora Fossil Park, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, Miocene, Mollusca, muricidae, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Ocenebrinae, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, U cinerea, Urosalpinx, USA, Yorktown Formation

Balanus sp. (specimen 01)

Fossilised barnacles (Balanus sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Arthropoda, Aurora Fossil Park, balanidae, balanus, barnacles, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, cirripedia, Crustacea, Eukarya, Fossils, hexanauplia, Maxillopoda, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, sessilia, thecostraca, USA, Yorktown Formation

Septastrea marylandica (specimens 05-06)

Fossilised stony coral (S. marylandica) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Anthozoa, Cenozoic, Cnidaria, corals, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Hexacorallia, kirby sand pits, Neogene, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Rhizangiidae, S marylandica, Scleractinia, Septastrea, south carolina, stony corals, USA

Septastrea crassa (specimens 01-03)

Fossilised stony coral (S. crassa) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Anthozoa, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Cnidaria, corals, Fossils, Hexacorallia, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Rhizangiidae, S Crassa, Scleractinia, Septastrea, stony corals, USA, Yorktown Formation

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