Also known as Kaufmann Camp
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; brown, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70819: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Margot Nelson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Metaxytherium calvertense" = Metaxytherium crataegense2
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Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
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Chrysemys isoni3 Weems and George 2001 painted turtle Partial carapace and largely complete plastron of a single individual (CMM-V-8881), collected by Billy Palmer
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Hesperotestudo ducateli3 Collins and Lynn 1936 turtle Neural element (CMM-V-8882), collected by Victor Perez
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Procolpochelys grandaeva3 Leidy 1861 sea turtle Neural element (USNM 358021), collected by George Fonger
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea, "Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria
"Cytherea staminea" = Melosia staminea Conrad 1838 venus clam
"Venus mercenaria" = Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog | |
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