Where: Maryland (38.1° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 61.2° W)
When: Nanjemoy Formation (Pamunkey Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Woodstock and Potapaco Members
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Weems and S. Horman. 1983. Teleost fish remains (Osteoglossidae, Blochiidae, Scombridae, Triodontidae, Diodontidae) from the Lower Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 96(1):38-49 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 124192: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 07.02.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Kyrtogymnodon sp. Tavani 1955 | |
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905 | |
Sarda delheidi Leriche 1905
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Brychaetus muelleri Woodward 1901 arowana | |
Reptilia | |
cf. Eosphargis gigas Owen 1880 leatherback | |
Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831 sea turtle | |
"Catapleura sp." = Euclastes
"Catapleura sp." = Euclastes Cope 1870 turtle | |
"Trionyx" pennatus Cope 1869 turtle | |
Bothremydidae indet. sideneck turtle | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish |