Liverpool Point: Thanetian, Maryland
collected by Mrs. Doris H. Blake 1935

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Thecachampsa sp. Cope 1867
Case 1901
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albulidae indet. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Sphyrna prisca Agassiz 1843
Eastman 1901
recombined as Cestracion prisca
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
Eastman 1901
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz 1838)
Eastman 1901
synonym of Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838
Eastman 1901
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Eastman 1901
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus clarkia
Eastman 1901
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis copeanus Clark 1895
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]