Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° 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: estuary or bay; blue, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71634: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lirophora parkeria Glenn 1904 venus clam | |
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