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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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale