Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1955. Three Miocene porpoises from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105(3354):101-154 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45510: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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