Parker Creek, south, Zone 11 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° 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: marine; blue claystone

• bluish clay

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70826: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Heliadornis ashbyi n. gen. n. sp.1
Heliadornis ashbyi n. gen. n. sp.1 Olson 1985 tropicbird
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Metaxytherium calvertense" = Metaxytherium crataegense2
"Metaxytherium calvertense" = Metaxytherium crataegense2 Simpson 1932 dugong
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra2 Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae