Latane Property, Zone 14 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Morris Property

Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 74.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calvert Beach Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Zone 14b

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•Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age.

Environment/lithology: foreshore; brown, yellow, sandy claystone

• relatively non-diverse mollusc assemblage, open-marine, shallow shelf

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71801: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Malacanthidae
Lopholatilus sp.
Lopholatilus sp. Goode and Bean 1879
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon calvertensis
Squalodon calvertensis Kellogg 1923 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Tretosphys sp.
Tretosphys sp. Cope 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae, Eurhinodelphis sp., "Rhabdosteus barnesi" = Schizodelphis barnesi, "Eurhinodelphis bossi" = Xiphiacetus bossi, "Eurhinodelphis vaughni" = Xiphiacetus bossi
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae Abel 1901 toothed whale
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale
"Rhabdosteus barnesi" = Schizodelphis barnesi Myrick 1979 toothed whale
"Eurhinodelphis bossi" = Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale
"Eurhinodelphis vaughni" = Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Rhabdosteus sp.
Rhabdosteus sp. Cope 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon pernix
Kentriodon pernix Kellogg 1927 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon