Fort Washington: Late/Upper Paleocene, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
"Trionyx" halophilus Cope 1869
Weems 2014 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
possibly reworked from Danian Brightseat Fm.
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
Eastman 1901
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz 1838)
synonym of Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Eastman 1901
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:Prince George's
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 77.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 58.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Paleocene
Age range of interval:58.70000 - 55.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pamunkey Formation:Aquia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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:126867
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-04-19 03:29:57 Last modified:2018-06-11 06:11:21
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-19 03:29:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41194. W. B. Clark. 1895. Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the Middle Atlantic slope. Johns Hopkins University Circulars 15(121):3-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

41357 C. R. Eastman. 1901. Pisces. Maryland Geological Survey Eocene 98-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
54562 R. E. Weems. 2014. Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia. PaleoBios 31(1):1-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]