Meherrin River (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Hertford County, North Carolina (36.5° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yorktown Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• None of the specimens described herein were found in situ. Scuba divers collected them from the riverbed of the Meherrin River.

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•Ison 2023 updated the age and formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: J. H. Geisler, S. J. Godfrey, and O. Lambert. 2012. A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):198-211 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123861: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Iniidae
Isoninia borealis n. gen. n. sp.1, Meherrinia isoni n. gen. n. sp.
Isoninia borealis n. gen. n. sp.1 Godfrey et al. 2021 toothed whale
Meherrinia isoni n. gen. n. sp. Geisler et al. 2012 toothed whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocinae indet.3, "Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima3, Phocanella pumila3, Homiphoca murfreesi n. sp.3, Hadrokirus novotini n. sp.3, Sarcodectes magnus2, Lobodontini indet.2
Phocinae indet.3 Gray 1821 seal
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima3 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Phocanella pumila3 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Homiphoca murfreesi n. sp.3 Hafed et al. 2023 seal
Hadrokirus novotini n. sp.3 Hafed et al. 2023 seal
Sarcodectes magnus2 Rule et al. 2020 seal
Lobodontini indet.2 Gray 1869 seal
1Godfrey et al. 2021; 2Hafed et al. 2024; 3Hafed et al. 2023