Potamac River Bluffs NW of Potomac Creek: Late/Upper Paleocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Aspideretoides virginianus
(Clark 1895)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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Eosphargis insularis
(Cope 1872)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Stafford |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 77.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 58.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 12 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Pamunkey | Formation: | Aquia | Member: | Piscataway |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167192 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-08 16:19:14 | Last modified: | 2015-03-08 16:19:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-08 16:19:14 |
| 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] |