Liverpool Point: Thanetian, Maryland
collected by Mrs. Doris H. Blake 1935
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Thecachampsa sp.
Cope 1867
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Case 1901 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Sphyrna prisca
Agassiz 1843
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
recombined as Cestracion prisca | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis cuspidata
(Agassiz 1843)
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Odontaspis elegans
(Agassiz 1838)
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
synonym of Otodus macrotus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus obliquus
Agassiz 1838
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
Odontaspis macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
original and current combination Otodus macrotus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus clarkia
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis copeanus
Clark 1895
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Eastman 1901 | ||||||
synonym of Aetomylaeus dixoni | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland |
Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 77.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 58.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Aquia |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | Mrs. Doris H. Blake | Collection dates: | 1935 |
Collection method comments: The specimen was collected by Mrs. Doris H. Blake in 1935 and turned over to me for examination through the courtesy of Dr. S. F. Blake and Mr. C. W. Gilmore. It is catalogued in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology of the United States National Museum as No. 13855. |
Metadata
Database number: | 124191 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-02-07 09:12:28 | Last modified: | 2015-10-30 08:20:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-07 09:12:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39882. | G. S. Myers. 1936. A Third Record of the Albulid Fish Dixonina nemopiera Fowler, with Notes on an Albulid from the Eocene of Maryland. Copeia 1936(2):83-85 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |
Secondary references:
41356 | E. C. Case. 1901. Systematic Paleontology: Reptilia. Maryland Geological Survey Eocene 95-96 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
41357 | C. R. Eastman. 1901. Pisces. Maryland Geological Survey Eocene 98-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |