Fossils Found in the Mount Laurel Formation at the spoil piles of the C&D Canal

Fossils here include Belemnites, Bivalves, and Pelecypods

Belemnites

Belemnitella americana

These are more than abundant, the ground is littered with Belemnites. One can easily get a fist full in a matter of seconds. However finding decent quality ones is another story.

Only fragments were found, as one can see, they range in all sizes.
In the picture, I put some fragments together to try and give a general idea of their shape.
Formation:
  • Mount Laurel Formation
    Age:
  • Late Cretaceous, ~85 - 65 m.y.
    Location:
  • Spoil piles from the C&D Canal in DE
    Size:
  • various sizes
    • These are fragments split in half to show the internal structure

    Pelecypods

    Exogyra costata
    (Pelecypod)
    Pelecypods, such as these, are also abundant.
    These can get somewhat larger than the one pictured here.
    Formation:
  • Mount Laurel Formation
    Age:
  • Late Cretaceous, ~85 - 65 m.y.
    Location:
  • Spoil piles from the C&D Canal in DE
    Size:
  • ~3" (75mm)

    • Pyncnodonte mutabilis
    (Pelecypod)
    Pelecypods, such as these, are also abundant.
    These guys come in weird shapes.
    Formation:
  • Mount Laurel Formation
    Age:
  • Late Cretaceous, ~85 - 65 m.y.
    Location:
  • Spoil piles from the C&D Canal in DE
    Size:
  • ~3" (75mm)




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