Wilmington Rail Road (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Washington

Where: Beaufort County, North Carolina (35.6° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 74.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Emmons. 1858. Palaeontology. Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey (XV)193-212 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51590: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.06.2005, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.1 even-toed ungulate
Cetacea indet.2 Brisson 1762 whale