Meherrin River: Pliocene, North Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phocinae indet.
Gray 1821
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Hafed et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Leptophoca lenis
True 1906
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Hafed et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | |||||
| synonym of Leptophoca proxima | |||||||
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Phocanella pumila
Van Beneden 1876
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Hafed et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Lobodontini indet.
Gray 1869
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Hafed et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Sarcodectes magnus
Rule et al. 2020
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Hafed et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Hadrokirus novotini n. sp.
Hafed et al. 2023
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Hafed et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Homiphoca murfreesi n. sp.
Hafed et al. 2023
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Hafed et al. 2023 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Iniidae
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Meherrinia isoni n. gen., n. sp.
Geisler et al. 2012
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Isoninia borealis n. gen., n. sp.
Godfrey et al. 2021
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Godfrey et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | |||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Hertford |
| Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 77.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 76.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yorktown | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: None of the specimens described herein were found in situ. Scuba divers collected them from the riverbed of the Meherrin River.
Ison 2023 updated the age and formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123861 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-01 06:28:48 | Last modified: | 2023-10-24 14:21:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-01 06:28:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39849. | J. H. Geisler, S. J. Godfrey, and O. Lambert. 2012. A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):198-211 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 78013 | S. J. Godfrey, C. S. Gutstein, and D. J. Morgan. 2021. A new odontocete (Inioidea, Odontoceti) from the late Neogene of North Carolina, USA. Fossil Record 24:275-285 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 68442 | A. B. Hafed, I. A. Kortetzky, J. R. Nance, L. Koper, and S. J. Rahmat. 2024. New Neogene fossil phocid postcranial material from the Atlantic (USA). Historical Biology 25:1-247 [S. Devincenzi/S. Devincenzi/M. Uhen] | |
| 81459 | A. B. Hafed, J. R. Nance, I. A. Koretsky and S. J. Rahmat. 2023. New seal mandibles belonging to the subfamilies Monachinae and Phocinae discovered in the Neogene of North Carolina (USA). Historial Biology 35(5):705-720 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |