Fisher/Sullivan Site: Wasatchian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Premontria degremonti
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Aegialornithidae indet.
Lydekker 1891
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
= cf. Parvicuculidae indet.
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis latidens
Woodward 1888
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Archaeomanta melenhorsti
Herman 1979
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Burnhamia daviesi
(Woodward 1889)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Meridiania conyexa
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Aetomylaeus sp.
Garman 1908
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Myliobatis dixoni
Agassiz 1843
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni | ||||||||||
Myliobatis striatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Aetomylaeus striatus | ||||||||||
Rhinoptera sherboni
White 1926
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Heterotorpedo fowleri
Ward 1983
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Coupatezia woatersi
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus irregularis
(Agassiz 1843)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Hypolophodon sylvestris
(White 1931)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Jacquhermania duponti
(Winkler 1874)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Dasyatis duponti | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus lerichei
Casier 1943
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina prima
(Winkler 1874)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Echinorhiniformes
- Echinorhinidae
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Echinorhinus priscus
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Dalatiidae
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Isistius trituratus
(Winkler 1874)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus crenatidens
Arambourg 1952
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Anoxypristis macrodens
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Anoxypristis sp.
White and Moy-Thomas 1941
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Pristis luthami
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos bruxelliensis
(Jaekel 1894)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
original and current combination Rhinobatus bruxelliensis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Palaeogaleus vincenti
(Daimeries 1889)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Triakis wardi
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Galeorhinus ypresiensis
(Casier 1946)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Pachygaleus lefevrei
(Daimeries 1891)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus gilberti
Casier 1946
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti | ||||||||||
Abdounia recticona
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Abdounia beaugei
(Arambourg 1935)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Abdounia minutissima
(Winkler 1874)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Physogaleus secundas
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma africanam
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Ginglymostoma subafricanum
Arambourg 1952
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Nebrius thielensis
(Winkler 1874)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Ginglymostoma serra
(Leidy 1877)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Nebrius serra | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Rhinocodontidae
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Palaeorhincodon wardi
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Orectolobidae indet.
Jordan and Fowler 1903
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis winkleri
Leriche 1905
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Palaeohypotodus ratoti
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias teretidens
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Carcharias hopei
(Agassiz 1843)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Serratolamnidae
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Serratolamna aschersoni
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Serratolamna lerichei
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Striatolamia macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
original and current combination Otodus macrotus | ||||||||||
Anomotodon novus
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus obliquus
Agassiz 1838
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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Kent 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus rectus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rose 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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? Ischyromyidae indet.
Alston 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomyidae indet.
Gazin 1958
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Rose et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitheriidae indet.
Simpson 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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aff. Homogalax sp.
Hay 1899
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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cf. Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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cf. Palaeosinopa sp.
Matthew 1901
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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cf. Esthonyx sp.
Cope 1874
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Groeberida
- Nototheriidae
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Peradectes guottai n. sp.
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Rose 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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cf. Trionyx pennatus
Cope 1869
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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? Dollochelys sp.
Zangerl 1971
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
toxochelyid | ||||||||||
Puppigerus camperi
(Gray 1831)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
cheloniid | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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cf. Eosphargis gigas
(Owen 1880)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
dermochelyid | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis casei
Holman 1982
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Palaeophis toliapicus
Owen 1841
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
palaeophid | ||||||||||
Palaeophis virginianus
Lynn 1934
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Parophisaurus mccloskeyi n. sp.
Weems 1999
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
anguid | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Diplocynodon hantoniensis
(Wood 1846)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Rio et al. 2020 | |||||||||
USNM 496207 | ||||||||||
Eosuchus lerichei
Dollo 1907
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
(De Kay 1842)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Aves informal gen. et sp. indet. B
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 633; also listed as cf. Microena | ||||||||||
Aves informal gen. et sp. indet. C
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 634; also listed as cf. Morsoravis | ||||||||||
Aves informal gen. et sp. indet. D
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 637 | ||||||||||
Aves informal gen. et sp. indet. E
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 638-642; also listed as cf. Threskiornithidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Aves
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Aves informal gen. et sp. indet.
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
USNM PAL 771593; USNM PAL 771608; USNM PAL 771601; USNM PAL 771604 | ||||||||||
Aves
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Crane-sized | ||||||||||
= Aves informal gen. et sp. indet. A
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 632 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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? Odontopteryx sp.
Owen 1873
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
synonym of Dasornis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Charadriiformes indet.
(Huxley 1867)
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 619; USNM PAL 771602; USNM PAL 771603; USNM PAL 771607 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Graculavidae
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? Graculavidae indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Two occurrences - one "may be conspecific with putative threskiornithid reported herein" (Mayr 2016) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Scolopaci indet.
Strauch 1978
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
"tarsometatarsus is likely to be from a messelornithid, whereas humerus may be from a procellariiform bird" (Mayr 2016) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittacopedidae
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cf. Pumiliornis sp.
Mayr 1999
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
USNM PAL 771594; USNM PAL 771592 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Caprimulgidae
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? Caprimulgidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Two occurrences | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Steatornithidae
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? Steatornithidae indet.
Bonaparte 1842
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Halcyornithidae
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cf. Halcyornithidae indet.
Harrison and Walker 1972
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Carpenter and Parris 2020 | |||||||||
USNM PAL 706444 | ||||||||||
cf. Pulchrapollia sp.
Dyke and Cooper 2000
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 628; tentatively referred specimens: SMF Av 629-631; USNM PAL 771600; USNM PAL 771599; USNM PAL 771605; | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Messelasturidae
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Messelasturidae informal gen. et sp. indet. A
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Messelasturidae informal gen. et sp. indet. B
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Apodiformes
- Eocypselidae
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cf. Eocypselidae indet.
Harrison 1984
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 624 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Coraciiformes
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Parvicuculus sp.
Harrison and Walker 1977
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
USNM PAL 496384 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Zygodactylidae
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Zygodactylidae indet.
Brodkorb 1971
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Mayr et al. 2021 | |||||||||
USNM PAL 771590 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Trogoniformes
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? Trogoniformes indet.
Wetmore and Miller 1926
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 623 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Protostrigidae
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Eostrix gulottai n. sp.
Mayr 2016
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 627 - type (distal end of right tarsometatarsus) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Messelornithidae
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cf. Messelornis sp.
Hesse 1988
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 620-622 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariiformes
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? Procellariiformes indet.
Fürbringer 1888
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 617 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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cf. Limnofregata sp.
Olson 1977
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
SMF Av 618 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Phoenicopteridae
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? Phoenicopteridae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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cf. Coturnipes cooperi
Harrison and Walker 1977
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Olson 1999 | |||||||||
Mayr (2016): "may be conspecific with the putative procellariiform reported in the present study" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Osteoglossidae
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Brychaetus muelleri
Woodward 1901
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Fisherichthys folmeri n. gen., n. sp.
Weems 1999
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Ostraciidae
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Ostraciidae indet.
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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cf. Sciaenurus bowerbanki
Agassiz 1845
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
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? Perciformes indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Nine occurrences | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Serranidae
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Prolates dormaalensis
Casier 1967
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Percichthyidae
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Cyclopoma folmeri n. sp.
Weems 1999
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Acanthocybium proosti
Storms 1897
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Sarda delheidi
Leriche 1905
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Scombrinus sp.
Woodward 1901
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Scomberomorus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Scomberomorus bleekeri
(Storms 1892)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Palaeorhynchidae
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Aglyptorhynchus veneblesi
Casier 1966
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Trichiuridae
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Trichiurides sagittidens
Winkler 1874
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Pomatomidae
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Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi n. gen., n. sp.
Weems 1999
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Carangiformes
- Carangidae
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Teratichthys antiquitatus
Konig 1825
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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? Arius sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Megalopidae
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Megalopidae indet.
Jordan 1923
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodus toliapicus
Agassiz 1839
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Egertonia isodonta
Cocchi 1866
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Paralbula marylandica
Blake 1940
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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Voltaconger latispinus
Agassiz 1835
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
cf. Bolcyrus formosissimus
Eastman 1905
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula oweni
(Agassiz 1844)
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Albula eppsi
White and Frost 1931
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena bognorensis
Casier 1966
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Weems 1999 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Stafford |
Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° North, 61.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Wasatchian |
Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: shallow marine environment |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 15595 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, G. Varnham, M. Shalap |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-08-09 13:00:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2961. | 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] |
Secondary references:
73036 | J. Carpenter and D. C. Parris. 2020. An additional bird fossil from the Fisher/Sullivan site, Eocene of Virginia, U.S.A. The Mosasaur 11:93-95 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
35574 | B. W. Kent. 1999. Part 2: Sharks from the Fisher/Sullivan Site. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152 11-38 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
35575 | B. W. Kent. 1999. Part 3: Rays from the Fisher/Sullivan Site. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 152 39-52 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
73038 | G. Mayr. 2016. The world’s smallest owl, the earliest unambiguous charadriiform bird, and other avian remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90:747-763 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
80138 | G. Mayr, V. De Pietri, and P. R. Scofield. 2021. New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site. Historical Biology 34(2):322-334 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
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