Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.4° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 58.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Aquia Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, glauconitic, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Maryland Geological Survey or Johns Hopkins University
Primary reference: W. B. Clark. 1895. Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the Middle Atlantic slope. Johns Hopkins University Circulars 15(121):3-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84045: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Ischyrhiza ? radiata" = Xiphias radiata
"Ischyrhiza ? radiata" = Xiphias radiata Clark 1895 sword fish | |
Cybium sp.3 Cuvier 1829 | |
Reptilia | |
Thecachampsa marylandica n. sp. Clark 1895 crocodilian | |
? Euclastes sp. Cope 1870 turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Myliobatis copeanus n. sp." = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray | |
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Hercoglossa tuomeyi2 Clark and Martin 1901 |