Liverpool Point (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Bluebanks

Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 58.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piscataway Member (Aquia Formation), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84046: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Bothremydinae indet.4 Gaffney 1975 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
"Judithemys kranzi" = Osteopygis kranzi4
"Judithemys kranzi" = Osteopygis kranzi4 Weems 2014 turtle
USNM 357710
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Aspideretoides virginianus" = Trionyx virginiana4
"Aspideretoides virginianus" = Trionyx virginiana4 Clark 1895 turtle
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternoidea indet.4 mud turtle
"Kinosternoid B" of Hutchison and Weems 1998
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
"Dollochelys coatesi n. sp." = Euclastes wielandi3, "Osteopygis roundsi" = Euclastes wielandi3
"Dollochelys coatesi n. sp." = Euclastes wielandi3 Hay 1908 turtle
"Osteopygis roundsi" = Euclastes wielandi3 Hay 1908 turtle
Aves
 Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Presbyornis isoni n. sp.2 Olson 1994 waterfowl
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna vincenti Winkler 1878 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus, "Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus clarki Eastman 1901 elasmobranch
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Elasmodus hunteri1 Egerton 1843 plownose chimaera