Where: Prince Georges County, Maryland (38.9° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 52.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Severn Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Huddleston and K. M. Savoie. 1983. Teleostean otoliths from the Late Cretaceous (Maestrichtian age) Severn Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(4):658-663 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 127085: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 24.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
"Pterothrissidae indet." = Albulidae
"Pterothrissidae indet." = Albulidae Bleeker 1859 bonefish | |
Argentinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 | |
Polymixiidae indet. Gill 1862 beardfish | |
Trachichthyidae indet. Bleeker 1859 | |
Ophidiidae indet. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish
Vorhisia sp. Frizzell 1965 Ariid catfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Stromboidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail |