Stratford Hall, Messinian: Messinian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trachysaspis lardyi
Astralca sp.
aff. Ambrosia sp.
Ambrosia-like
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus contortus (Gibbes 1847)
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake 1862)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrhinchus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Lagodon cf. rhomboides (Linnaeus 1766)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Sphoeroides sp. Lacépède 1798
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Protautoga conidens (Leidy 1873)
original and current combination Tautoga (Protautoga) conidens
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias multidentatus Cope 1869
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802
Acanthocybium sp. Gill 1862
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Alepisauridae
Alepisaurus sp.
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops cf. atlanticus Valenciennes 1847
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore 1940
Alca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Alligator cf. mississipiensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis (Hendey and Repenning 1972)
Callophoca obscura Van Beneden 1876
nomen dubium belonging to Callophoca
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Cynorca sp. Cope 1867
Desmathyus sp. Matthew 1907
Mammalia - Cetacea
Plesiocetus sp. Van Beneden 1859
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Burtinopsis sp. Van Beneden 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
Mammalia - Cetacea
Hadrodelphis sp. Kellogg 1966
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927
Mammalia - Cetacea
Scaldicetus sp. Du Bus 1867
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Westmoreland
Coordinates: 38.2° North, 76.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 75.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chesapeake Formation:Eastover Member:Claremont Manor
Stratigraphic resolution:member
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
Metadata
Database number:179732
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2016-06-28 16:12:49 Last modified:2017-07-20 13:02:57
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-28 16:12:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62831. R. E. Weems, L. E. Edwards, and B. Landacre. 2017. Geology and biostratigraphy of the Potomac River Cliffs at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47:125-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59588 R. Govender, M. Bisconti, and A. Chinsamy. 2016. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]