Mattawoman Creek: Thanetian, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:Charles
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 77.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° North, 58.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aquia
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:127180
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-01 07:55:19 Last modified:2015-10-30 08:20:05
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-01 07:55:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41357. C. R. Eastman. 1901. Pisces. Maryland Geological Survey Eocene 98-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]