National parks: Scallop - public domain image

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National parks: Scallop - public domain image

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"Chesapecten jeffersonius" is an extinct scallop that lived during the Pliocene. It is the Virginia State Fossil. Fossils of "Chesapecten jeffersonius" have been found at Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia.

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1916 - 2020
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National Parks Gallery
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