Gravatt's Mill, near Hanover Court House: Burdigalian, 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 tenneyorum n. sp.
Weems 1985
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Weems 1985 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Miocepphus bohaskai
Wijnker and Olson 2009
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | King William |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 73.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chesapeake | Formation: | Calvert | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Calvert Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: wet phosphatic marl | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gravett's Mill Pond | ||
| Database number: | 89549 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-06-01 09:44:32 | Last modified: | 2011-02-21 15:48:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-01 09:44:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29991. | E. Wijnker and S. L. Olson. 2009. A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the western North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(4):471-487 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |