Little Cove Point, Zone 23 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Maryland (38.4° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 74.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Little Cove Point Member (St Marys Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: foreshore; blue, sandy claystone
• foreshore, muddy, shallow shelf
• bluish sandy clay
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 70852: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Cetotherium megalophysum Cope 1895 whale | |