Hanover Court House: Aquitanian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore 1940
Olson 1984 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon calvertensis Kellogg 1923
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Hanover
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 77.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° North, 72.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chesapeake Formation:Calvert
Regional section:Shattuck Regional bed:1
Regional order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: wet phosphatic marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:70517
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-27 09:11:08 Last modified:2008-08-19 10:24:55
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-27 09:11:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23660. F. C. Whitmore. 1984. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the outcropping Tertiary beds. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain 227-231 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

24634 S. L. Olson. 1984. A brief synopsis of the fossil birds from the Pamunkey River and other Tertiary marine deposits in Virginia. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain 217-223 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]