Eclipse (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Virginia (36.7° N, 76.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.9° N, 76.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• marine sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Eshelman and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75:43-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 104663: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alcidae indet. Leach 1820 auk
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788 loon
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett