Pope's Creek, Nanjemoy Fm. (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.4° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 61.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Woodstock Member (Nanjemoy Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: S.F. Blake. 1941. Note on a vertebra of Palaeophis from the Eocene of Maryland. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31(12):501-503 [J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55255: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 03.10.2005, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Nipa cf. burtini" = Nypa burtini4
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Palaeophis grandis Marsh 1869 snake | |
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"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis2
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"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus2
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Cylichna venusta n. sp.1
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"Cytherea subimpressa" = Meretrix subimpressa1
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Modiola potomacensis n. sp.1
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