Stratford Bluffs, Zone 12-13 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Stratford Cliffs

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no lithological description given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. D. Uhen. 2007. USNM Chesapeake Group Cetacean Collection Data. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71797: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Syllomus aegyptiacus Lydekker 1899 sea turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mergus miscellus n. sp.1 Alvarez and Olson 1978 merganser
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Malacanthidae
Lopholatilus ereborensis2 Carnevale and Godfrey 2014