Astroscopus counterman Type Locality: Tortonian, Maryland
collected by W. Counterman and J. Hooper

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Astroscopus countermani n. sp. Carnevale et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:Calvert
Coordinates: 38.3° North, 76.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 74.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:St. Marys Member:Little Cove Point
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:paralic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:rare
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Collection size:2 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:W. Counterman and J. Hooper
Collection method comments: Repository: Calvert Marine Museum vertebrate collection (CMM-V)
Metadata
Database number:135808
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Modifier:S. McMullen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-11-09 06:48:02 Last modified:2012-11-10 10:20:40
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-09 06:48:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43453. G. Carnevale, S. J. Godfrey, and T. W. Pietsch. 2011. Stargazer (Teleostei, Uranoscopidae) Cranial Remains from the Miocene Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A. (St. Marys Formation, Chesapeake Group). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1200-1209 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]