ammonites
Grimes Landing (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Piping Tree Ferry, Locality 45, Stop 17

Where: King William County, Virginia (37.7° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 73.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Plum Point Member (Calvert Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1984. Fossil sirenians from the Pamunkey River, Virginia. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Outcropping Tertiary Beds in the Pamunkey River Region, Central Virginia Coastal Plain 224-225 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66065: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2006