Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.7° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 73.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• "a small exposure of Zone 10"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• apparently collected by the authors
Primary reference: C. T. Berry and W. G. Lynn. 1936. A new turtle, Peritresius virginianus, from the Miocene of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76(2):175-190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100213: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 01.12.2010, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Testudo ducateli n. sp." = Hesperotestudo ducateli
"Testudo ducateli n. sp." = Hesperotestudo ducateli Collins and Lynn 1936 turtle | |
"Peritresius cf. virginianus" = Syllomus aegyptiacus
"Peritresius cf. virginianus" = Syllomus aegyptiacus Lydekker 1899 sea turtle "may belong to this species"
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