George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Zone 14-16 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as Wakefield National Park
Where: Westmoreland County, Virginia (38.2° N, 76.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 74.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Calvert Beach Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• 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
Preservation: original phosphate
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 71812: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.05.2007
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Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale |