Liverpool Point (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Maryland (38.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 58.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Aquia Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

• nearly perfect oval patch of crushing teeth

Collected by Mrs. Doris H. Blake in 1935; reposited in the USNM

• The specimen was collected by Mrs. Doris H. Blake in 1935 and turned over to me for examination through the courtesy of Dr. S. F. Blake and Mr. C. W. Gilmore. It is catalogued in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology of the United States National Museum as No. 13855.

Primary reference: G. S. Myers. 1936. A Third Record of the Albulid Fish Dixonina nemopiera Fowler, with Notes on an Albulid from the Eocene of Maryland. Copeia 1936(2):83-85 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124191: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 07.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis copeanus" = Aetomylaeus dixoni2
"Myliobatis copeanus" = Aetomylaeus dixoni2 Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus clarkia2 elasmobranch
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca2
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca2 Agassiz 1843 bullhead shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota2
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota2 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus2, Otodus obliquus2
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Otodus obliquus2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Thecachampsa sp.1 Cope 1867 crocodilian
Actinopteri
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albulidae indet. Bleeker 1859 bonefish