Wakefield, west, Zone 12-13 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (37.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 73.7° 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; sandy claystone
• sparse molluscs, low in diversity; subtropical environment in embayment and dry onshore; area not far from shore
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. D. Uhen. 2007. USNM Chesapeake Group Cetacean Collection Data. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71799: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
Orycterocetus crocodilinus n. sp.
Orycterocetus crocodilinus n. sp. Cope 1867 sperm whale | |
"Eurhinodelphis bossi" = Xiphiacetus bossi, Eurhinodelphis sp.
"Eurhinodelphis bossi" = Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale | |
Actinopteri | |
Lopholatilus sp. Goode and Bean 1879 |