Horsehead Cliffs, Zone 11: Langhian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Molidae
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Ranzania grahami n. sp.
Weems 1985
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 76.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 72.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Shattuck | Regional bed: | 11 |
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 20 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Westmoreland State Park | ||
| Database number: | 104749 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | K. Feoli |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-09 04:59:15 | Last modified: | 2011-02-21 15:53:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-09 04:59:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35053. | R. E. Weems. 1985. Miocene and Pliocene Molidae (Ranzania, Mola) from Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):422-438 [M. Uhen/K. Feoli] |