Where: St. Marys County, Maryland (38.1° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 76.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Talbot Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• lowest bed (Bed 1 of Mansfield, 1928)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. F. Blake. 1939. A Pleistocene porpoise (Tursiops sp.) from Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52:99-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 48886: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Asteroidea | |
Asterias cf. forbesi sea star | |
Mammalia | |
Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855 dolphin | |
Actinopteri | |
Prionotus aff. evolans Linnaeus 1766 sea robin | |
Pogonias cf. cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
Brevoortia cf. tyrannus herring | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis littoralis sand tiger shark | |
Dasyatis cf. centrourus whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis cf. fremenvillii eagle ray | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789 barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
Callinectes ornatus swimming crab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896 swimming crab | |
Libinia dubia Milne-Edwards 1834 spider crab | |
Cancer irroratus Say 1817 crab | |
Panopeus herbstii Edwards 1834 crab | |
Pagurus pollicaris Say 1817 hermit crab | |
"Squilla empusa" = Chloridella empusa
"Squilla empusa" = Chloridella empusa Say 1818 mantis shrimp | |
Ostracoda | |
Cythereis tuberculata ostracod | |
Cytheridea punctillata ostracod | |
Loxoconcha impressa ostracod | |
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Electra monostachys Busk 1854 | |
Hippoporidra edax Busk 1859 | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia danae Agassiz 1850 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium discoidale d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina rotulata Lamarck 1804 | |
Micropogon | |