Also known as Stratford Cliffs

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.9° N, 69.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 2011. A new genus and species of unusual tern (Aves: Laridae: Anoinae) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124(4):270-279 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207008: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 11.12.2019

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