Mouth of Severn River, opposite Annapolis (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Maryland (39.0° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 57.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

• greensand

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Maryland Geological Survey (possibly later Johns Hopkins University)

Primary reference: W. B. Clark and G. C. Martin. 1901. Brachiopoda. Maryland Geological Survey, Eocene 203-205 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165996: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae