Stratford Hall, Tortonian (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Weems, L. E. Edwards, and B. Landacre. 2017. Geology and biostratigraphy of the Potomac River Cliffs at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47:125-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152251: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 12.11.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Apiaceae indet. Lindley 1836
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
aff. Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Taxodium-type
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp. hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon fischeuri sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias latidents thresher shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
"Psephophorus calvertensis" = Psephophorus polygonus
"Psephophorus calvertensis" = Psephophorus polygonus von Meyer 1847 leatherback
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Aulopiformes - Alepisauridae
Alepisaurus sp. lancetfish
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
 Labriformes - Labridae
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Chilomycterus sp. Brisout de Barneville 1846
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Lagodon cf. rhomboides Linnaeus 1766 perch-like fish
Archosargus sp. Gill 1865 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena cf. barracuda Edwards 1771 barracuda