Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina (35.9° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yorktown Formation (Chesapeake Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Yorktown Formation identified from NC geologic map
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Fourth contribution to the history of the fauna of the Miocene and Eocene periods of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:285-294 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49983: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Eschrichtius polyporus n. sp." = Cetotherium polyporum
"Eschrichtius polyporus n. sp." = Cetotherium polyporum Cope 1869 whale | |
Bivalvia | |
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