Cat Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Queen Anne Landing

Where: Saint Marys County, Maryland (38.4° N, 76.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 73.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calvert Formation (Chesapeake Group), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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 89550: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Pseudocepphus teres n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudocepphus teres n. gen. n. sp. Wijnker and Olson 2009 auk