Field trip photos:

Location:
The north shore of the eastern end of the Chespeake and Delaware (C & D) Canal near the Rt. 9 bridge outside of Delaware City, DE.

Specimens Collected:

• belemnites - Belemnitella (Order Belemnitida, Family Belemnitellidae)
• oysters - Exogyra (Order Pterioida, Familiy Gryphaeidae) -
• shark's tooth - probably Striatolamia (Order Lamniformes, Family Odontaspidae)
• sand dollar - probably Encope (Order Clypeasteroida, Family Mellitidae)
• scallop - possibly Pecten (Order Pterioida, Family Pectinidae)

Suggested reading:

• Burns, J. Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States. 1991. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Walker, C. & D. Ward. 1992. The Eyewiteness Handbook of Fossils. Dorling Kindersley, Inc., New York.
• Weishample, D.B., & Luther Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.