LACM 4425 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Prince Georges County, Maryland (38.9° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 52.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Severn Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• FOSSILIFEROUS MATRIX

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Huddleston and K. M. Savoie. 1983. Teleostean otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maestrichtian age) Severn Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(4):658-663 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127085: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 24.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Polymixiidae indet. Gill 1862 beardfish
 Pempheriformes - Pempheridae
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ophidiidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish
Vorhisia sp. Frizzell 1965 Ariid catfish
 Elopiformes -
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
"Pterothrissidae indet." = Albulidae
"Pterothrissidae indet." = Albulidae Bleeker 1859 bonefish
 Anguilliformes -
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha -
Stromboidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail