Also known as Caroline Stone Quarry
Where: Caroline County, Virginia (37.9° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 74.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• 14.9 to 12.7 AEO date; stratigraphy after Trochim & Dooley 2010
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; conglomerate and sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: A. C. Dooley, N. C. Fraser, and Z. Luo. 2004. The earliest known member of the rorqual-gray whale clade (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):453-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57700: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Mysticeti indet.4, Diorocetus hiatus, Diorocetus hiatus4, "Aglaocetus patulus" = Atlanticetus patulus4
Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968 whale | |
Eobalaenoptera harrisoni n. gen. n. sp.
Eobalaenoptera harrisoni n. gen. n. sp. Dooley et al. 2004 rorqual | |
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Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
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Reptilia | |
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Syllomus sp. Cope 1896 sea turtle | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Actinopteri | |
Thunnus sp.4 South 1845 | |
Tautoga sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mola sp. Linck 1790
Ranzania sp.4 Nardo 1840 | |
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Megalops sp.4 Lacépède 1803 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark | |
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Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon4
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Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
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Bacillariophyceae | |
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Actinoptychus marylandicus Andrews 1976 diatom
Actinoptychus virginicus Grunow 1883 diatom | |
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