Saint Leonard Creek, Zone 17: Serravallian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Leptophoca lenis
True 1906
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Koretsky 2001 | ||||||
synonym of Leptophoca proxima | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Uhen 2007 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten madisonius
Say 1824
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recombined as Chesapecten madisonius | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Melina maxillata
(Lamarck 1819)
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recombined as Isognomon maxillata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium laqueatum
Conrad 1830
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recombined as Chesacardium laqueatum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula idonea
Conrad 1833
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recombined as Bicorbula idonea | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea americana
(Conrad 1838)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte thisphila
Glenn 1904
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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recombined as Concavus concavus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Calvert |
Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° North, 73.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
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: | Choptank | Member: | Drumcliff |
Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 17 | ||
Regional order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: greenish sand | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | St. Leonards Creek | ||
Database number: | 70854 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-09 15:22:50 | Last modified: | 2007-05-11 14:05:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-09 15:22:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23697. | G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
17253 | I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
24251 | M. D. Uhen. 2007. USNM Chesapeake Group Cetacean Collection Data. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |