Fort Washington (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Prince George's County, Maryland (38.7° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 58.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Aquia Formation (Pamunkey Group), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. B. Clark. 1895. Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the Middle Atlantic slope. Johns Hopkins University Circulars 15(121):3-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 126867: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.04.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Trionyx" halophilus2 Cope 1869 turtle
possibly reworked from Danian Brightseat Fm.
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus1
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus1 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus1
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus1 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark