Locality 402 (Calvert Beach Mbr, Calvert Fm): Serravallian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cf. aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Gottfried 1993 | ||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Fistulobalanus klemmi
Zullo 1984
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Chesaconcavus santamaria
Zullo 1992
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Calvert |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 73.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Calvert | Member: | Calvert Beach |
| Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 14-17 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Scientists Cliffs; Middle Miocene, Calvert and Choptank Formations, Zones 14-17. Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sandstone, with high clay content. | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Restricted marine environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected from bulk samples and individuals specimens. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Cirripdia. Not complete with respect to molluscan fauna. Type material is reposited in USNM, ANSP, and University of North Carolina, Wilmington. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Scientists Cliffs | ||
| Database number: | 51716 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-14 09:46:36 | Last modified: | 2022-03-03 05:29:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-14 09:46:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13777. | 1% 2380 | D. B. Kline. 1997. Systematics and biostratigraphy of Miocene Cirripedia of the Chesapeake Group; Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. Unpublished Masters thesis, University of North Carolina, Wilmington [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 40128 | M. D. Gottfried. 1993. An Associated Tiger Shark Dentition From the Miocene of Maryland. The Mosasaur 5:59-61 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |