Fort Washington Construction Site (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Prince Georges County, Maryland (38.7° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 58.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Piscataway Member (Aquia Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• broken from an Aquia Formation hard-bed, very probably “Zone 3” or “Zone 5” of the Piscataway Member
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siliciclastic sediments
• "lime-cemented rock"
• "in a block of lime-cemented rock"
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 167205: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.03.2015
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"Judithemys kranzi n. sp." = Osteopygis kranzi
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