Gay Head marine: Middle Miocene - Pleistocene, Massachusetts
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "Equus sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera ? sursiplana
Cope 1895
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Allen 1916 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon atlanticus
(Leidy 1856)
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Allen 1916 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Squalodontidae | ||||||||||
| listed as Basilosaurus [=Squalodon] atlanticus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts | County: | Dukes |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 70.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 69.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene - Pleistocene |
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Rock censused: | 2000 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77694 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-17 05:43:37 | Last modified: | 2009-04-14 12:49:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-17 05:43:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26241. | I. A. Koretsky and C. E. Ray. 2008. Phocidae of the Pliocene of eastern USA. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:81-140 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 29187 | G. M. Allen. 1916. The whalebone whales of New England. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 8(2):1-322 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |