PBDB Collection

Banks of Pamunkey River at county boundary (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: New Kent or King William County, Virginia (37.6° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 71.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: NP 24 nannofossil zone, Old Church Formation (Chesapeake Group), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Weems. 2014. Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia. PaleoBios 31(1):1-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167203: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.03.2015, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Emydidae	Chrysemys isoni n. sp.³, Trachemys sp.³ Chrysemys isoni n. sp.³ Weems and George 2001 painted turtle One largely complete nuchal element (CMM-V- 4664) Trachemys sp.³ Agassiz 1857 slider One posterior right peripheral (CMM-V-4663). Collected by R. Ison
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Hesperotestudo (Caudochelys) wilsoni" = Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni³ "Hesperotestudo (Caudochelys) wilsoni" = Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni³ Milstead 1956 turtle right humerus (CMM-V-4667) collected by R. George.
Testudines - Pancheloniidae	Carolinochelys wilsoni Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay 1923 turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	Apalone lima³ Apalone lima³ Cope 1869 softshell turtle Two costal fragments (CMM-V-4661) collected by R. Ison
Testudines - Cheloniidae	Trachyaspis lardyi² Trachyaspis lardyi² Meyer 1873 sea turtle Right humerus (CMM-V-9975), collected by Aaron A. Alford
Mammalia
Cetacea - Eomysticetidae	Micromysticetus sp.¹ Micromysticetus sp.¹ Sanders and Barnes 2002 whale CMM-V- 5011