The Amature Paleontolgist's Guide to

Fossils in and around Maryland

Menu:

• The Fossils
• Where to Dig
• Geologic Time
• Maryland's Geology
• About Me
• Resources
• Main Page

Epch Menu:

• Eocene
• Paleocene
• Cretaceous
• Pennsylvanian
• Devonian
• Miocene

Cretaceous Fossils of Maryland

Fossils are not to scale

Fossil		Site	Formation
Exogyra		Chesapeake and Delaware Canal	Mount Laurel Formation ?
Steinkern of a bivalve Internal molds filled with hardened mud are known as steinkerns.		Chesapeake and Delaware Canal	Mount Laurel Formation ?
Pyncnodonte mutabilis		Chesapeake and Delaware Canal	Mount Laurel Formation ?
Belemnitella Americana Delaware State Fossil These amber, bullet-shaped fossils, commonly called Belemnoids, are the hard parts of extinct squid.		Chesapeake and Delaware Canal	Mount Laurel Formation ?