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The invertebrate fossils of Maryland are similar to those of neighboring Delaware. [1] For most of the early Paleozoic era, Maryland was covered by a shallow sea, although it was above sea level for portions of the Ordovician and Devonian. The ancient marine life of Maryland included brachiopods and bryozoans while horsetails and scale trees ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Maryland contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Maryland and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
The Cumberland Bone Cave is a fossil-filled cave along the western slope of Wills Mountain on the outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland near ... were found, about 16 per ...
A rare dinosaur bone bed containing 115-million-year-old fossils has been unearthed in Maryland, officials and experts say. During a dig at Prince George’s County’s Dinosaur Park in Laurel in ...
This list of the prehistoric life of Maryland contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Maryland. Precambrian [ edit ]
The Washington Times article, "Dinosaur fossil, found in Laurel, made plain by rain", 2011-09-21 Discovery News video, "Dinosaur Park Open to All", 2010-02-17 Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
Fossils of the sword fish-like Eurhinodelphis longirostris [8] have been found in zone 14 of the formation. Other notable baleen whales from this area include a Cephalotropis coronatus. One was discovered by hobbyist paleontologist Jeffery DiMeglio in 2004 after cliff erosion caused by Hurricane Isabel exposed the skull and scapula. [9]
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene period. It is one of the three formations which make up the Calvert Cliffs, all of which are part of the Chesapeake Group.