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Richards, Horace G. (1947). Invertebrate fossils from deep wells along the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology. 21(1): 23-37, plates 11-15.
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Richards, Horace G.
1947
Invertebrate fossils from deep wells along the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Journal of Paleontology
21(1): 23-37, plates 11-15
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The invertebrate fossils from oil tests and water wells along the Atlantic Costal plain between New Jersey and Georgia used in 1945 in an attempt to correlate the subsurface formations are here listed. The new or little-known species are described and figured. The list includes 38 Pleistocene species, 46 (3 new) Pliocene, 208 (7 new) Miocene, 35 (2 new) Eocene, and 20 (5 new) Upper Cretaceous. Four species are described in collaboration with Anne Harbison.
America, North
Paleontology, Fossils, Paleobiology
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Acteocina cederstromi H. G. Richards, 1947 † accepted as Acteocina candei (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (original description)
Acteocina chowanensis H. G. Richards, 1947 † accepted as Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826) (original description)
Pecten seabeensis H. G. Richards, 1947 † (original description)
Acteocina chowanensis H. G. Richards, 1947 † accepted as Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826) (original description)
Pecten seabeensis H. G. Richards, 1947 † (original description)