Plum Point, north, Zone 14 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Prince Frederick County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Calvert Beach Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age.
Environment/lithology: foreshore; yellow sandstone
• relatively non-diverse mollusc assemblage, open-marine, shallow shelf
• yellowish sand
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. B. Shattuck. 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text xxxiii-clv [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70594: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
| Mammalia | |
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Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale | |