Also known as Calvert Beach north, Matoaka Cottages

Where: Calvert County, Maryland (38.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St. Leonard Member (Choptank Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow sandstone

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 89455: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.05.2009

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