Carters Wharf, Zone 12-13 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Richmond County, Virginia (38.1° N, 76.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; silty sandstone

• sparse molluscs, low in diversity; subtropical environment in embayment and dry onshore; area not far from shore
• sand; silty, very fine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 71804: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale