Chesapecten jeffersonius is the fossilized form of an extinct scallop, which lived in the early Pliocene epoch between four and five million years ago on Virginia's coastal plain. Chesapecten jeffersonius are commonly found in strata exposed along Coastal Plain cliffs along major rivers in southeastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, and it is the index fossil for the Lower Yorktown Formation.
It is the state fossil of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.[1]
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Chesapectenjeffersonius is the fossilized form of an extinct scallop, which lived in the early Pliocene epoch between four and five million years ago...
north as Delaware. One species of Chesapecten, Chesapectenjeffersonius, is the state fossil of Virginia. Chesapecten was the first genus of North American...
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calvertensis – or unidentified comparable form Cerithium †Chesapecten †Chesapectenjeffersonius – or unidentified comparable form Cliona Glossus †Glossus...