Where: Richmond County, Virginia (38.0° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 72.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Fairhaven Member (Calvert Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Popes Creek Sand bed occurs within zone 3b of the Fairhaven member

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Wijnker and S. L. Olson. 2009. A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the western North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(4):471-487 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89448: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2009

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