Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Zone 12

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. R. Barwick. 1940. Skull of fossil porpoise, Delphinodon dividum, from banks of Potomac River, at Wakefield, Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53:91-94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48883: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2005

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