Calvert Formation
601 distinct taxa, from 1,349 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.
The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware · US
600 taxa · 1,348 fossils · 23–5.3 MyaFiled under the Chesapeake Group. Members recorded: Plum Point, Calvert Beach, Fairhaven.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Chesapeake Group, and dates it 24–12 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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40 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Odontoceti
- Leptophoca lenis
- Xiphiacetus bossi
- Hemipristis serra
- Eurhinodelphis
- Varicorbula elevata
- Orycterocetus crocodilinus
- Mysticeti
- Schizodelphis barnesi
- Metaxytherium crataegense
- Otodus megalodon
- Parietobalaena palmeri
- Testudines
- Carcharodon hastalis
- Chesapecten (Chesapecten) nefrens
- Galeocerdo aduncus
- Lucinoma contracta
- Miocepphus mcclungi
- Physogaleus contortus
- Syllomus aegyptiacus
- Astarte cuneiformis
- Delphineis
- Kentriodon pernix
- Pecten humphreysii
- Carcharias cuspidatus
- Gomphotherium calvertense
- Kentriodon
- Melosia staminea
- Mesocetus siphunculus
- Squalodon calvertensis
- Dallarca subrostrata
- Delphinidae
- Diorocetus hiatus
- Glycymeris parilis
- Procolpochelys grandaeva
- Psephophorus polygonus
- Tayassuidae
- Astarte
- Atlanticetus patulus
- Bicorbula idonea
The 40 most often recorded, of 600.
Bangkok · TH
1 taxa · 1 fossils · 0.0 MyaFiled under the Chesapeake Group. Members recorded: Plum Point.
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1 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.