p.1

p. Cardita alticostata, Conrad, Ter. Foss.

Venericardia transversa, Lea, Cont. to Geol. p 68 pl 2 fig 46, N. Silliman, Lea Cont p 69 pl 2 fig 47

Shell very transverse, elliptical, inflated, very inequilateral; obliquely ribbed; substance of the shell thick; lumerle very small, deeply impressed, cordate: beaks rather elevated, recurved: ribs about twenty seven, on the anterior part furnished with somewhat distant tubercles; teeth transverse; cicatriced impressed; cavity of the shell deep, oblique; margin very largely crenulate

L1.4 to 19 H 1.1 to 1.4 D1.0 to 1.3

Eocene tertiary
Claiborne Alab.