Calvert Cliffs, near lighthouse (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Point No Point

Where: St Marys County, Maryland (38.1° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 74.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: St Marys Formation (Chesapeake Group), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Koretsky, C. E. Ray, and N. Peters. 2012. A new species of Leptophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I). Deinsea 15:1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123487: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Leptophoca cf. proxima Van Beneden 1876 seal