The Geology of Virginia's Coastal Plain
 
    
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Below is a list of "prominent" fossils; they include index and generally very abundant or distinctive species found in the Coastal Plain of Virginia.  Pictures with detailed descriptions will follow. Among them are:

Unearthed whale fossils found on the Virginia Coastal Plain
Whale fossil from Miocene
Eastover Fm., New Kent County

Isognomon maxillata
Chesapecten middlesexensis
Placopecten clintonius
Chesapecten jeffersonius
Chama congregata
Chesapecten madisonius
Ostrea compressirostra

Dentalium carolinese
Ecphora quadricostata
Kuphus sp.
Turritella alticostata
Crepidula fornicata
Crassetella sp.
Panope sp.

 
    
A) Chesapecten jeffersonius
B) Turritella alticostata
C) Chesapecten jeffersonius
D) Chesapecten middlesexensis 		E) Chesapecten jeffersonius
F) Chama congregata
G) Turritella alticostata
 
    
APPALACHIAN PLATEAU | VALLEY & RIDGE | BLUE RIDGE | PIEDMONT | COASTAL PLAIN
 

(3/8/99)
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