Description
Chesapecten jeffersonius
- Pecten
- Pliocene Age
- Yorktown Formation
- Virginia
- Specimen measures 6.34″ wide
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This distinctive scallop is the state fossil of Virginia, as well as being the first fossil described in North America. In this case it was 1687. This species is also the index fossil for the Lower Yorktown Formation.
