Chesapeake-Delaware canal, Bethel, Cecil Co., MD (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Slide M 70, South bank of the Chesapeake-Delaware canal at Bethel, Cecil Co., Maryland (Magothy Formation)

Where: Cecil County, Maryland (39.5° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 41.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Magothy Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. W. Hall. 1967. Two new species of Ariadnaesporites. Pollen et Spores 9(3):563-568 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34053: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 13.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Ariadnaesporites intermedius n. sp.
Holotype: slide M 70