Also known as south of Dares Wharf
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.2° N, 69.4° W (Wright 2013)
• 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; brown, sandy claystone
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 70823: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007, edited by Margot Nelson
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Ecphora quadricostata umbilicata murex snail | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Alopias palatasi n. sp.3
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Mammalia | |
? Leptophoca sp.5, "Leptophoca cf. proxima" = Leptophoca proxima1, "Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima4
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Bivalvia | |
"Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea, "Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria
"Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea Conrad 1838 venus clam
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog |