Also known as south of Dares Wharf
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 73.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; blue, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1955. Three Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105(3354):101-154 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45509: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Lophocetus pappus n. sp." = Liolithax pappus Kellogg 1955 toothed whale | |
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