Willow Beach Colony (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Prince Frederick County, Maryland (38.6° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88581: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima
"Leptophoca lenis" = Leptophoca proxima Van Beneden 1876 seal