In both states are several good sites with pliocene and miocene deposits. We visited the Lee Creek Mine (="Aurora Shell Pit") in Beaufort County (NC)and the Martin Marietta Berkeley Quarry in Berkeley County (SC) only once. Our friend Dale Stream swapped several good shells with us.
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Volutifusus typus (178 mm) | Ecphora quadricostata (114 mm) |
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Chesapecten septenarius (60 mm) | Crucibulum costata (67 mm) |
On to Pliocene the Netherlands | Back to general survey collections |