Plum Point, south, Zone 13 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; blue claystone

• bluish clay

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70820: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007

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