Indian Head Highway (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Prince Georges County, Maryland (38.7° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 58.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Aquia Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1994. A giant Presbyornis (Aves: Anseriformes) and other birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(3):429-435 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109024: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Catapleura ruhoffi n. sp." = Tasbacka ruhoffi
"Catapleura ruhoffi n. sp." = Tasbacka ruhoffi Weems 1988 sea turtle