Front Royal: Eocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Lamna obliqua (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus obliquus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Warren
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 78.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 65.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pamunkey
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:84054
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-09-16 11:20:02 Last modified:2008-09-16 14:20:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-09-16 11:20:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28099. M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]