Westmoreland State Park, Eastover Formation (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 75.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eastover Formation (Chesapeake Group), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Primary reference: J. W. R. Martin, C. A. Walker, H. C. Bonser and G. J. Dyke. 2000. A new species of large auk from the Pliocene of Belgium. Oryctos 3:53-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89551: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alca cf. torda Linnaeus 1758 razorbill