Genus Anomoedus Tooth: Maastrichtian, Maryland
collected 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Brightseat |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 76.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 39.9° West (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Monmouth |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Dark gray to reddish-brown, micaceous, glauconitic, argillaceous, basal gravel in Prince Georges County. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | April 24, 1938 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124211 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2012-02-07 22:15:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-07 22:15:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39975. | C. T. Berry. 1939. A Tooth Belonging to the Genus Anomoeodus from the Cretaceous of Maryland. American Midland Naturalist 22(3):746-748 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |