Where: Stafford County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 61.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Potapaco Member (Nanjemoy Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• zone 11 of Bed B of the Potapaco Member and is assigned to the calcareous nannofossil zone NP 11; estimated age of 53.6 to 52.8 million years
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. D. Rose. 1999. Part 7. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Fisher/Sullivan Site. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152:133-138 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15595: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen, Margaret Shalap, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Amia sp.11
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Pycnodus sp.11 Agassiz 1833 | |
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Phyllodus toliapicus11 Agassiz 1839
Egertonia isodonta11 Cocchi 1866
Paralbula marylandica11 Blake 1940 | |
Megalopidae indet.11 Jordan 1923 | |
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Teratichthys antiquitatus11 Konig 1825 | |
Aglyptorhynchus veneblesi11 Casier 1966 | |
Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi n. gen. n. sp.11
Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi n. gen. n. sp.11 Weems 1999 | |
Trichiurides sagittidens11 Winkler 1874 | |
Acanthocybium proosti11, Sarda delheidi11, Scomberomorus sp.11, Scomberomorus bleekeri11, Scombrinus sp.11
Acanthocybium proosti11 Storms 1897
Sarda delheidi11 Leriche 1905
Scomberomorus sp.11 Lacépède 1802
Scomberomorus bleekeri11 Storms 1892
Scombrinus sp.11 Woodward 1901 | |
cf. Sciaenurus bowerbanki11 Agassiz 1845 | |
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Cyclopoma folmeri n. sp.11
Cyclopoma folmeri n. sp.11 Weems 1999 | |
Fisherichthys folmeri n. gen. n. sp.11
Fisherichthys folmeri n. gen. n. sp.11 Weems 1999 | |
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? Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876 rodent | |
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Miacidae indet. Cope 1880 carnivoran | |
aff. Homogalax sp. Hay 1899 odd-toed ungulate | |
Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928 placental | |
cf. Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901 placental | |
cf. Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
cf. Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont | |
Peradectes guottai n. sp.8
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Parophisaurus mccloskeyi n. sp.10
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Aves "gen. et sp. indet. B"4, Aves "gen. et sp. indet. C"4, Aves "gen. et sp. indet. D"4, Aves "gen. et sp. indet. E"4, Aves "gen. et sp. indet."5
Aves "gen. et sp. indet. E"4 Linnaeus 1758 bird SMF Av 638-642; also listed as cf. Threskiornithidae
Aves "gen. et sp. indet."5 Linnaeus 1758 bird USNM PAL 771593; USNM PAL 771608; USNM PAL 771601; USNM PAL 771604
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cf. Coturnipes cooperi6 Harrison and Walker 1977 pheasant Mayr (2016): "may be conspecific with the putative procellariiform reported in the present study"
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"? Odontopteryx sp." = Dasornis6
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Scolopaci indet.6 Strauch 1978 shorebird "tarsometatarsus is likely to be from a messelornithid, whereas humerus may be from a procellariiform bird" (Mayr 2016)
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? Graculavidae indet.6 Fürbringer 1888 shorebird Two occurrences - one "may be conspecific with putative threskiornithid reported herein" (Mayr 2016)
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cf. Pulchrapollia sp.4 Dyke and Cooper 2000 parrot SMF Av 628; tentatively referred specimens: SMF Av 629-631; USNM PAL 771600; USNM PAL 771599; USNM PAL 771605;
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Eostrix gulottai n. sp.4
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Aetomylaeus sp.3, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus3, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni3, Meridiania conyexa3, Aetobatus irregularis3, Archaeomanta melenhorsti3, Burnhamia daviesi3, Myliobatis latidens3
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"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti3
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Ginglymostoma africanam2, Ginglymostoma subafricanum2, "Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra2, Nebrius thielensis2
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"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti2
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"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis3
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