Saint Leonard Creek, Zone 17 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as St. Leonards Creek
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.4° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Drumcliff Member (Choptank Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone
• greenish sand
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 70854: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca | |
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata
"Melina maxillata" = Isognomon maxillata Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius
"Pecten madisonius" = Chesapecten madisonius Say 1824 scallop | |
Astarte thisphila Glenn 1904 clam | |
Panopea americana Conrad 1838 clam | |
"Cardium laqueatum" = Chesacardium laqueatum
"Cardium laqueatum" = Chesacardium laqueatum Conrad 1830 cockle | |
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea
"Corbula idonea" = Bicorbula idonea Conrad 1833 clam | |
Mammalia | |
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima1
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Chondrichthyes | |
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