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Calvert - Plum Point, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
Formation | Calvert |
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Member | Plum Point |
Age: | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene |
Interval | Miocene |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Chesapeake Bay | Calvert County, Maryland, USA | Calvert - Plum Point |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Chesapeake - Calvert - Plum Point | 13.8 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | claystone, sandstone, conglomerate/claystone, marl | 656 |
Chesapeake - Choptank | 13.8 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | siltstone | 89 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Prosthennops xiphodonticus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Prosthennops xiphodonticus | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!