Hanover Court House (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Hanover County, Virginia (37.8° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphatic marl
• wet phosphatic marl
Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore. 1984. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the outcropping Tertiary beds. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain 227-231 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70517: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Squalodon calvertensis Kellogg 1923 toothed whale | |
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Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale | |
| Aves | |
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Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore 1940 auk | |