Claremont (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as D29, D55, Localities 17 and 18

Where: Surry County, Virginia (37.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yorktown Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77579: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus