Late Cretaceous Oyster

Linked to Paleontology of the Coastal Plain Province

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This specimen of Exogyra erraticostata, an oyster common during the Late Cretaceous period on Georgia's Coastal Plain, was found at the Blufftown Formation in Stewart County. It measures approximately 12 centimeters.

Photograph by David R. Schwimmer

Late Cretaceous Oyster

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