Gravatt's Mill, near Hanover Court House (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Gravett's Mill Pond

Where: King William County, Virginia (37.8° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• lower Calvert Formation

Environment/lithology: coastal; phosphatic marl

• wet phosphatic marl

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 89549: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Ranzania tenneyorum n. sp. Weems 1985
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Miocepphus bohaskai Wijnker and Olson 2009 auk