Western Shores/Kenwood Beach (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 73.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. M. Gerholdt and S. J. Godfrey. 2010. Enigmatic osteology in Miocene odontocete rostra suggests periostitis. Marine Mammal Science 26(2):381-394 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97474: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.08.2010, edited by Margot Nelson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet., "Miminiacetus pappus" = Liolithax pappus
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
"Miminiacetus pappus" = Liolithax pappus Kellogg 1955 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Xiphiacetus cristatus Du Bus 1872 toothed whale