Also known as Kaufmann Camp
Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Calvert Beach Member (Calvert Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Zones 14-16A are regarded as Serravallian in age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; brown, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88578: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima Van Beneden 1876 seal |