Capital Beltway & Central Avenue: Danian, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 357834, a third right peripheral | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Euclastes wielandi
(Hay 1908)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 412113, palate | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Toxochelyidae
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? Lophochelys sp.
Zangerl 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 537787, associated right hyoplastron and hypoplastron | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Prince Georges |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 54.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brightseat |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
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
| Also known as: | Hampton Mall | ||
| Database number: | 167186 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-08 15:54:23 | Last modified: | 2015-03-08 15:54:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-08 15:54:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54562. | R. E. Weems. 2014. Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia. PaleoBios 31(1):1-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |