Liverpool Point: Late/Upper Paleocene, Maryland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Presbyornithidae
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Presbyornis isoni n. sp.
Olson 1994
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Olson 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Bothremydinae indet.
Gaffney 1975
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Weems 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternoidea indet.
Hay 1892
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Weems 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| "Kinosternoid B" of Hutchison and Weems 1998 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Aspideretoides virginianus
(Clark 1895)
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Weems 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
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Dollochelys coatesi n. sp.
Weems 1988
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Weems 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Euclastes wielandi | ||||||||||
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Osteopygis roundsi
Weems 1988
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Weems 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Euclastes wielandi | ||||||||||
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Judithemys kranzi
Weems 2014
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Weems 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Osteopygis kranzi | ||||||||||
| USNM 357710 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Elasmodus hunteri
Egerton 1843
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Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Odontaspis macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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| original and current combination Otodus macrotus | ||||||||||
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Lamna obliqua
(Agassiz 1838)
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| original and current combination Otodus obliquus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna vincenti
(Winkler 1878)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis winkleri
Leriche 1905
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus clarki
Eastman 1901
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis dixoni
Agassiz 1843
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| recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Charles |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 77.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 58.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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
| Formation: | Aquia | Member: | Piscataway |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
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: | Bluebanks | ||
| Database number: | 84046 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-16 10:44:34 | Last modified: | 2023-05-31 15:24:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-16 10:44:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28099. | M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 67651 | D.J. Cicimurri and D.A. Ebersole. 2015. Paleocene chimaeroid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the eastern United States, including two new species of Callorhinchus. PaleoBios 32:1-29 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 82442 | A. D. Gentry, C. R. Kiernan, and J. F. Parham. 2023. A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1411-1430 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] | |
| 35915 | S. L. Olson. 1994. A giant Presbyornis (Aves: Anseriformes) and other birds from the Paleocene Aquia Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(3):429-435 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] | |
| 731 | 5% 22520 | R. E. Weems. 1988. Paleocene turtles from the Aquia and Brightseat Formations, with a discussion of their bearing on sea turtle evolution and phylogeny. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(1):109-145 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |
| 54562 | R. E. Weems. 2014. Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia. PaleoBios 31(1):1-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |