Also known as Lake Christopher
Where: Virginia (36.8° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kempsville Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• date based on the faunal assemblage
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: C. E. Ray, A. Wetmore, D. H. Dunkle and P. Drez. 1968. Fossil vertebrates from the marine Pleistocene of southeastern Virginia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 153(3):1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73485: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
Halichoerus grypus Fabricius 1791 grey seal | |
Aves | |
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk | |
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767 glaucous gull | |
Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 horned grebe | |
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant | |
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett | |
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Actinopteri | |
Gadus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cod | |
Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818 toadfish | |
Sciaenops sp. Gill 1863 | |
Lophius sp. Linnaeus 1758 anglerfish | |
"Lutianus sp." = Lutjanus
"Lutianus sp." = Lutjanus Bloch 1790 | |
Brevoortia sp. Gill 1861 herring | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802 sea robin |