Carmel Church Quarry: Serravallian, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Callippus cf. regulus
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Bacillariophyceae - Rhaphoneidales - Rhaphoneidaceae
Delphineis novaecaesaraea
Delphineis biseriata
Trochim and Dooley 2010
Rhaphoneis gemmifera
Trochim and Dooley 2010
Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales - Heliopeltaceae
Actinoptychus marylandicus Andrews 1976
Actinoptychus virginicus (Grunow 1883)
Bacillariophyceae - Hemidiscaceae
Actinocyclus ellipticus Grunow 1883
Trochim and Dooley 2010
var. javanicus
Bacillariophyceae - Fragilariales - Fragilariaceae
Raphoneis amphiceros
Raphoneis lancettula
Raphoneis scutula
Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae
Stephanopyxis grunowii
Trochim and Dooley 2010
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus sp. Vieillot 1816
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Miocepphus sp. Wetmore 1940
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia
Thecachampsa sp. Cope 1867
    = Thecachampsa antiquua
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Thecachampsa antiqua (Leidy 1852)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
original and current combination Crocodilus antiquus
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Syllomus sp. Cope 1896
Syllomus aegyptiacus Lydekker 1899
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Procolpochelys grandaeva (Leidy 1861)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Psephophorus sp. von Meyer 1847
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
? Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840
    = Metaxytherium cratagense
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. (Gray 1821)
    = ? Leptophoca sp. True 1906
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
    = Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
Dooley 2005
    = Calippus cf. regulus Johnston 1937
Dooley 2007
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiridae indet. (Gray 1821)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
original and current combination Taperidae
Mammalia - Camelidae
cf. Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850
Dooley 2010 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Hastings and Dooley 2017
small and large taxa
Mammalia - Cetacea
Hadrodelphis sp. Kellogg 1966
    = cf. Hadrodelphis calvertense Kellogg 1966
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Xiphiacetus cristatus (Du Bus 1872)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
Barnes et al. 2004 1 specimen
new species
cf. Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope 1867
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968
Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Aglaocetus sp. Kellogg 1934
    = Aglaocetus patulus Kellogg 1968
Hastings and Dooley 2017
recombined as Atlanticetus patulus
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Eobalaenoptera harrisoni n. gen., n. sp. Dooley et al. 2004
(2 measurements)
Mammalia - Cetacea
? Halicetus ignotus Kellogg 1969
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
    = ? Prosthennops xiphodonticus Barbour 1925
Dooley 2005
    = "Prosthennops" xiphidonticus
Dooley 2007
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Dromomerycidae indet. Frick 1937
Dooley 2007
spelled with current rank as Dromomerycinae
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops sp. Lacépède 1803
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Ranzania sp. Nardo 1840
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Mola sp. Linck 1790
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Aluterus sp. Cloquet 1816
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
Pogonias multidentatus Cope 1869
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Sciaenops ocellatus Linnaeus 1766
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Tautoga sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tautoga onitis
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Thunnus sp. South 1845
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorynchus cepidianus
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus contortus (Gibbes 1847)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Hastings and Dooley 2017
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Pteromylaeus sp. Garman 1913
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Hastings and Dooley 2017
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816
Hastings and Dooley 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Caroline
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 77.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 74.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chesapeake Formation:Calvert Member:Plum Point
Regional section:Shattuck Regional bed:15
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 14.9 to 12.7 AEO date; stratigraphy after Trochim & Dooley 2010
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: sparse molluscs, low in diversity; subtropical environment in embayment and dry onshore; area not far from shore, bay, short-term eustatic transgression events, long-term regression trend
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Caroline Stone Quarry
Database number:57700
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-19 11:28:43 Last modified:2022-03-03 04:14:55
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-19 11:28:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15522. A. C. Dooley, N. C. Fraser, and Z. Luo. 2004. The earliest known member of the rorqual-gray whale clade (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):453-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

35781 L. G. Barnes, J. R. Dooley, and N. Fraser. 2004. A new Miocene sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteridae) from Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):36 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]
14892 L. de Verteuil and G. Norris. 1996. Dinoflagellate cyst zonation and allostratigraphy of the Chesapeake Group. Micropaleontology 42:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15523 A. C. Dooley. 1993. The vertebrate fauna of the Calvert Formation (Middle Miocene) at the Caroline Stone Quarry, Caroline County, VA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):33A-33A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15524 A. C. Dooley. 2005. A revised faunal list for the Carmel Church Quarry, Caroline County, Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):52A-52A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30575 A. C. Dooley. 2007. Barstovian (middle Miocene) land mammals from the Carmel Church Quarry, Caroline County, Virginia. Jeffersoniana 18:1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
34209 A. C. Dooley. 2010. A middle Miocene beaked whale tooth (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Carmel Church Quarry, Virginia, and implications for the evolution of sexual dimorphism in ziphiids. Jeffersoniana 24:1-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62139 A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley. 2017. Fossil-collecting from the middle Miocene Carmel Church Quarry marine ecosystem in Caroline County, Virginia. The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47:77-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
35062 C. Pitra, J. Fickel, E. Meijaard and P. C. Groves. 2004. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Tertiary Research 33:880-895 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]
34238 A. R. Trochim and A. C. Dooley. 2010. Diatom biostratigraphy and paleoecology of vertebrate-bearing Miocene localities in Virginia. Jeffersoniana 23:1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]