Pamunkey River, near Hanover: Burdigalian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Syllomus crispatus Cope 1896
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. (Brandt 1872)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae
Mesocetus siphunculus n. sp. Cope 1895
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Hanover
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 77.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 73.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chesapeake Formation:Calvert
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Kellogg (1968) states that this is likely from the base of the Calvert Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: bay, short-term eustatic transgression events, long-term regression trend
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:85360
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-12-16 09:23:31 Last modified:2017-02-26 15:00:15
Access level:the public Released:2008-12-16 09:23:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12331. E. D. Cope. 1895. Fourth contribution to the marine fauna of the Miocene Period of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 34:135-155 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

11927 R. Kellogg. 1968. Miocene Calvert mysticetes described by Cope. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 247(5):103-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]