Where: Virginia (37.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 73.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)
• in the argillaceous beds of the lower part of the Calvert formation
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• well-preserved tooth of Physeter vetus and rostrum from Istiophorus
Primary reference: E. Berry. 1917. A sail fish from the Virginia Miocene. American Journal of Science 43(258):461-464 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 105548: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 22.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Physeter vetus Leidy 1869 sperm whale | |
Actinopteri | |
Istiophorus sp. Lacépède 1802 |