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Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
Jones Wharf, W bank of Patuxent River, North America, United States, Maryland, Saint Mary's County
Description:
This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Notes:
These two specimens are fossil scallop shells. The specimens date to the Miocene Epoch and were found at the Choptank formation in Maryland. Both shells measure 11.5 cm x 11 cm.