Marshfield: Middle Miocene, Massachusetts
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts | County: | Plymouth |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 70.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 67.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Calvert equivalent beds" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous marl |
| Secondary lithology: | green poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: clay marl over a green sand | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86678 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-11 07:22:01 | Last modified: | 2009-02-11 09:23:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-11 07:22:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |