Carmel Church Quarry: Serravallian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Callippus cf. regulus
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornis sp.
Lartet 1857
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Gavia sp.
Forster 1788
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Morus sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Miocepphus sp.
Wetmore 1940
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Thecachampsa sp.
Cope 1867
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= Thecachampsa antiquua
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Thecachampsa antiqua
(Leidy 1852)
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
original and current combination Crocodilus antiquus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Procolpochelys grandaeva
(Leidy 1861)
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Syllomus sp.
Cope 1896
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Syllomus aegyptiacus
Lydekker 1899
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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Psephophorus sp.
von Meyer 1847
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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? Metaxytherium sp.
de Christol 1840
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= Metaxytherium cratagense
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phocidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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= ? Leptophoca sp.
True 1906
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Dooley 2005 | |||||||||
= Calippus cf. regulus
Johnston 1937
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Dooley 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapiridae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
original and current combination Taperidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Dooley 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Hadrodelphis sp.
Kellogg 1966
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= cf. Hadrodelphis calvertense
Kellogg 1966
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Kentriodontidae indet.
Slijper 1936
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
small and large taxa | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Barnes et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
new species | ||||||||||
cf. Orycterocetus crocodilinus
Cope 1867
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Xiphiacetus cristatus
(Du Bus 1872)
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
? Halicetus ignotus
Kellogg 1969
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Eobalaenoptera harrisoni n. gen., n. sp.
Dooley et al. 2004
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(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Aglaocetus sp.
Kellogg 1934
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= Aglaocetus patulus
Kellogg 1968
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
recombined as Atlanticetus patulus | ||||||||||
Diorocetus hiatus
Kellogg 1968
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Diorocetus hiatus
Kellogg 1968
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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= ? Prosthennops xiphodonticus
Barbour 1925
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Dooley 2005 | |||||||||
= "Prosthennops" xiphidonticus
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Dooley 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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cf. Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Dromomerycidae indet.
Frick 1937
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Dooley 2007 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Dromomerycinae | ||||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Megalopidae
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Megalops sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Tautoga sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Tautoga onitis
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Sciaenops ocellatus
Linnaeus 1766
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Pogonias sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Pogonias multidentatus
Cope 1869
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Monacanthidae
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Aluterus sp.
Cloquet 1816
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Molidae
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Mola sp.
Linck 1790
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Ranzania sp.
Nardo 1840
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Thunnus sp.
South 1845
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Pteromylaeus sp.
Garman 1913
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion sp.
Whitley 1940
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Physogaleus contortus
(Gibbes 1847)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notorhynchus sp.
Ayres 1855
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Notorynchus cepidianus
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Hastings and Dooley 2017 | |||||||||
Bacillariophyceae
- Rhaphoneidales
- Rhaphoneidaceae
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Rhaphoneis gemmifera
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Trochim and Dooley 2010 | |||||||||
Delphineis novaecaesaraea
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Delphineis biseriata
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Bacillariophyceae
- Hemidiscaceae
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Actinocyclus ellipticus
Grunow 1883
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Trochim and Dooley 2010 | |||||||||
var. javanicus | ||||||||||
Bacillariophyceae
- Melosirales
- Stephanopyxidaceae
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Stephanopyxis grunowii
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Bacillariophyceae
- Fragilariales
- Fragilariaceae
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Raphoneis amphiceros
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Raphoneis lancettula
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Raphoneis scutula
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Bacillariophyceae
- Coscinodiscales
- Heliopeltaceae
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Actinoptychus virginicus
(Grunow 1883)
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Actinoptychus marylandicus
Andrews 1976
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Caroline |
Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 77.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 74.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Plum Point |
Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 15 | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 14.9 to 12.7 AEO date; stratigraphy after Trochim & Dooley 2010 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | sandy claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: sparse molluscs, low in diversity; subtropical environment in embayment and dry onshore; area not far from shore, bay, short-term eustatic transgression events, long-term regression trend
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Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Caroline Stone Quarry | ||
Database number: | 57700 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-12-19 11:28:43 | Last modified: | 2022-03-03 04:14:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-19 11:28:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15522. | A. C. Dooley, N. C. Fraser, and Z. Luo. 2004. The earliest known member of the rorqual-gray whale clade (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):453-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
35781 | L. G. Barnes, J. R. Dooley, and N. Fraser. 2004. A new Miocene sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteridae) from Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):36 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] | |
14892 | L. de Verteuil and G. Norris. 1996. Dinoflagellate cyst zonation and allostratigraphy of the Chesapeake Group. Micropaleontology 42:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15523 | A. C. Dooley. 1993. The vertebrate fauna of the Calvert Formation (Middle Miocene) at the Caroline Stone Quarry, Caroline County, VA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):33A-33A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15524 | A. C. Dooley. 2005. A revised faunal list for the Carmel Church Quarry, Caroline County, Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):52A-52A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
30575 | A. C. Dooley. 2007. Barstovian (middle Miocene) land mammals from the Carmel Church Quarry, Caroline County, Virginia. Jeffersoniana 18:1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
34209 | A. C. Dooley. 2010. A middle Miocene beaked whale tooth (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Carmel Church Quarry, Virginia, and implications for the evolution of sexual dimorphism in ziphiids. Jeffersoniana 24:1-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
62139 | A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley. 2017. Fossil-collecting from the middle Miocene Carmel Church Quarry marine ecosystem in Caroline County, Virginia. The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47:77-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
35062 | C. Pitra, J. Fickel, E. Meijaard and P. C. Groves. 2004. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Tertiary Research 33:880-895 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] | |
34238 | A. R. Trochim and A. C. Dooley. 2010. Diatom biostratigraphy and paleoecology of vertebrate-bearing Miocene localities in Virginia. Jeffersoniana 23:1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |