Miocene marine vertebrates at Chesapeake Beach, MD.
The fossils here -- abundant shark and ray teeth, a few mammal teeth, some disarticulated bones, rarely a crocodile tooth or fragment of turtle shell -- are eroded from the Upper -- Plum Point Marl -- member of the Miocene Calvert Formation.
Collecting on the beach is permitted. Do not dig in the cliffs which are very soft and erode easily. Not only is digging dangerous (pulling a cliff down on your head is rarely a good idea), it will also make you unpopular with the locals.
Since there is little or no beach at high tide, you will want to time your visit for a time when the tide is low, or at least is receding. Tide table Chesapeake Beach
Note, for Mar2011 Low tide is at noon on 8th and 21st. Moves ahead about 1hr each day.
- "Fair Haven Cliffs","Anne Arundel","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Phacoides;Sharks-Isurus;Mammals-Trichechus,Rhabdosteus,Phocageneus","MD0289""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45511","38.7439,-76.5574GA3","|",
- "Lyons Creek","Anne Arundel","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora,Pecten,Phacoides,Cytherea;Bivalves-Chione,Panopea,Corbula,Thracia,Astarte,Venericardia","MD0375""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70591","38.7550,-76.6852GA3","|",
- "-","Calvert","MD","At Matoaka Cottages","Miocene","Calvert","invertebrates,sharks-teeth;marine mammals-bones;,mammals-teeth;","MD0057""|",,,
- "Benedict","Calvert","MD","On Patuxent River 10km downstream","Miocene""Scutella","MD0179""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.509289,-76.679684CU","|",
- "Benedict","Calvert","MD","On Patuxent River 20km downstream in line of cliffs near mouths of Cuckold and St Leonard Creeks","Miocene""Pecten,Balanus,Perna","MD0180""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.509289,-76.679684CU","|",
- "Benedict","Calvert","MD","On Patuxent River 3-5km downstream","Miocene""invertebrates-bivalves-Ostrea,Perna,Scutella","MD0178""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.509289,-76.679684CU","|",
- "Benedict","Calvert","MD","On Patuxent River in high cliffs","Miocene""shells","MD0177""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.509289,-76.679684CU","|",
- "Breezy Point","Calvert","MD","Privately owned for fee collecting","Miocene","Calvert","?","MD0029","39.0689,-76.5133MCU","|",,,
- "Breezy Point","Calvert","MD","along beach. Fee for use. Closed in Winter","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","MD0030","39.0689,-76.5133MCU","|",,,
- "Brownies Beach","Calvert","MD","Exposure of Langhian to Serravallian Calvert Fm.,Plum Point Member","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;rays-teeth;Crocodylidae-teeth,mammals-cetacea;shells","MD0031""|",,,
- "Calvert Beach","Calvert","MD","at Matoaka cottage,fee","Miocene","Choptank","invertebrates(abundant),vertebrates-sharks-teeth","MD0033","38.4658,-76.4775MCU","|",,,
- "Calvert Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene""Gastropods-Cancellaria","MD0032","38.4658,-76.4775MCU","|",,,
- "Calvert Beach Run","Calvert","MD","S in shell layer in cliffs about 4m above beach level","Miocene","Choptank","Gastropods-Ecphora;Bivalves-Pecten,Crassatella;Mammals-Hesperhys,Thinocetus,Halicetus","MD0234""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=13408","38.4644,-76.4708GA2","|",,,
- "Calvert Cliffs","Calvert","MD","Public Access points as of 2003, Brownies Beach,Breezy Beach,Flag Ponds Nature area,Calvert Cliffs State Park,Matoaka Beach","Miocene","Calvert|Choptank|St Marys","Shells,corals,mammals-bones;,sharks-teeth","MD0034","38.5250,-76.5144MCU","|",,,
- "Calvert Cliffs","Calvert","MD","continuous exposure from Chesapeake Beach to 3 km S of Governor's Run","Miocene","Calvert","Carcharias,Oliva,Ecphora,Fulgur,Surcula,Columbella,Turritella,Mangilia,Mactra,Arca,Isocardia,Spisula,Asaphis,Chione,Pecten,Venericardia,Scutella,Astrangia","MD0035","38.5250,-76.5144MCU","|",,,
- "Calvert Cliffs State Park","Calvert","MD","Collecting of float material permitted. A substantial walk from the parking area to the beach. Well picked over in the Summer","Miocene","Calvert","diverse fossils","MD0037","38.4028,-76.4222SCU","|",,,
- "Camp Conoy","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Choptank","Barnacles-Arossia,Chesaconcavus;Bivalves-Chesapecten","MD0294""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=51715","38.4216,-76.4257GA3","|",
- "Camp Roosevelt","Calvert","MD","Original says St Mary's County'","Miocene","Calvert","Barnacles-Paraconcavus","MD0297""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=51718","38.6442,-76.5240GA2","|",,,
- "Camp Roosevelt","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Hemipristis,Carcharhinus,Galeocerdo,Odontaspis,Isurus;Mammals-Rhabdosteus","MD0340""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=57786""|",
- "Charlotte Hall","Calvert","MD","at bottom of ravine","Miocene""shells","MD0176""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.480956,-76.778022CU","|",
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD","Access is from Bayfront Park on MD261 S of MD260 Junction. 500m walk to beach. Not accessible at high tide. Do not dig in cliffs","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","MD0159""https://web.archive.org/web/20190615145354/http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/fossil_collecting.html https://www.tideschart.com/United-States/Maryland/Calvert-County/Chesapeake-Beach/","38.6861,-76.5350MCU","|",,,
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD","At Bay Front Park in float on beach as well as in bone bed outcrops in cliffs -- exposures of basal Calvert Formation","Miocene","Calvert","small sharks-teeth;mammals-bones;,mammals-teeth;","MD0042","38.6861,-76.5350MCU","|",,,
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD","South of","Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Ostrea,Corbula,Thracia;Mammals-Tapirus,Merychippus,Pelodelphis,Tretosphys,Delphinodon,Kentriodon,Eurhinodelphis,Zarhachis,Squalodon","MD0283""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45493""|",,,
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD","South","Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Pycnodonte,Pecten,Chesapecten,Lucinoma,Corbula,Varicorbula;Sharks-Galeocerdo,Isurus;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Kentriodon,Rhabdosteus,Priscodelphinus,Delphinus,Orycterocetus","MD0377""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70591""|",,,
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD","South","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora,Turritella;Bivalves-Glycimeris-Ostrea,Pycnodonte,Hyotissa,Isognomon,Atrina,Pecten,Chesapecten,Eburneopecten,Chesacardium,Stewartia,Lucinoma,Timothynus,Melosia,Dosinia,Macrocallista,Mercenaria,Panopea,Varicorbula,Bicorbula,Marvacrassatella,Crassatellites,Astarte;Sharks-Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Carcharodon,Isurus;Mammals-Orycterocetus,Rhabdosteus,Squalodon","MD0338""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=55517""|",,,
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0241""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518""|",
- "Chesapeake Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","MD0041","38.6861,-76.5350MCU","|",
- "Cove Point","Calvert","MD","In numerous exposures to N and S to mouth of the Patuxent River","Miocene""shells,whales-bones","MD0172""USGS Bulletin dated 1892","38.3917,-76.4083MCU","|",
- "Dares Wharf","Calvert","MD","North of. Dares Wharf was N of Parker Creek","Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Metaxytherium,Parietobalaena,Eurhinodelphis","MD0284""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45498","38.5616,-76.5156GA2","|",,,
- "Drum Point","Calvert","MD","Original says St Mary's County","Miocene","Calvert","Barnacles-Arossia,Chesaconcavus","MD0302""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=51729,51730,51733","38.3193,-76.4212GA1","|",,,
- "Flag Ponds","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora,Turritella;Bivalves-Dallarca,Isognomon,Chesapecten,Chesacardium,Lucinoma,Timothynus,Florimetis,Dosinia,Mercenaria,Pleiorytis,Glossus,Panopea,Bicorbula,Marvacrassatella,Astarte","MD0383""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70844..","38.4526,-76.4588GA2","|",
- "Governor Run","Calvert","MD","North of","Miocene","Calvert","Forams-Florilus;Gastropods-Ecphora;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Diorocetus,Pelocetus,Pelodelphis,Lophocetus,Hadrodelphis,Priscodelphinus","MD0285""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45502","38.5000,-76.5042GA2","|",,,
- "Governor Run","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Isocardia;Sharks-Cetorhinus,Carcharodon;Turtles-Chelonia;birds-bones-Miocepphus;Mammals-Leptophoca,Diorocetus,Aglaocetus,Mesocetus,Pelodelphis,Hadrodelphis,Eurhinodelphis,Pelocetus,Mesocetus","MD0382""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70834,70835","38.5000,-76.5042GA2","|",
- "Governor Run","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0242""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.5000,-76.5042GA2","|",
- "Kenwood Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0243""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.4981,-76.5032GA2","|",
- "Long Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0244""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518""|",
- "Parker Creek","Calvert","MD","North of","Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Mesocetus,Lophocetus,Eurhinodelphis,Rhabdosteus","MD0287""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45509","38.5257,-76.5329GA2","|",,,
- "Parker Creek","Calvert","MD","North","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora;Bivalves-Cytherea,Venus;Sharks-Hemipristis;Reptilia-Miocepphus;Mammals-Leptophoca,Parietobalaena,Eurhinodelphis,Schizodelphis","MD0380""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70823,70824,70825","38.5257,-76.5329GA2","|",,,
- "Parker Creek","Calvert","MD","South of","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Cetorhinus,Isurus,Carcharodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Metaxytherium,Leptophoca,whales,Delphinodon,Priscodelphinus,Orycterocetus,Eurhinodelphis,Eurhinodelphis,Rhabdosteus","MD0286""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45506","38.5257,-76.5329GA2","|",,,
- "Parker Creek","Calvert","MD","South","Miocene","Calvert","Forams-Spiroplectammina;Gastropods-Ecphora;Bivalves-Isognomon,Chesapecten,Lucinoma,Dosinia,Lirophora,Isocardia,Marvacrassatella,Sharks-Hemipristis;Turtles-Syllomus;Crocodylidae-Gavialosuchus;Mammals-Metaxytherium,Kentriodon,Orycterocetus,Eurhinodelphis,Siphonocetus,Diorocetus,Aglaocetus","MD0381""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70826-70833","38.5257,-76.5329GA2","|",,,
- "Patuxent River","Calvert","MD","1.8km below Nottingham USGS-26368","Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Pecten","MD0349","Nottingham was a settlement on the Patuxent River in colonial times on the Philadelphia-Port Tobacco Stage Route between Upper Marlboro and Bryantown. The lat long is 1.8km SE of a position in Prince Georges County that might be correct for Nottingham","http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=60870","38.6950,-76.6936GA5","|",
- "Patuxent River","Calvert","MD","Above Jones Point USGS-26381","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora,Bivalves-Pecten","MD0348""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=60858","38.6977,-76.6938GA2","|",,,
- "Patuxent River","Calvert","MD","End of landing road above Nottingham USGS-26394","Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Pecten","MD0347","Nottingham was a settlement on the Patuxent River in colonial times on the Philadelphia-Port Tobacco Stage Route between Upper Marlboro and Bryantown. The lat long is a position in Prince Georges County that might be correct for Nottingham","http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=60848","38.7033,-76.7017GA5","|",
- "Patuxent River","Calvert","MD","Near","Miocene","Calvert","Bivalves-Tritonium,Pecten;Sharks-Raja,Myliobatis,Aetobatus,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Carcharias,Sphyrna,Galeocerdo,Odontaspis,Isurus,Carcharodon,Otodus,Notidanus;Fish-Sphyraena;TUrtles-Chelone,Trionyx;Crocodylidae-Thecachampsa;Mammals-Cetotherium,Priscodelphinus,Delphinodon,Squalodon,Ixacanthus,Rhabdosteus,Zarhachis,Cetophis,Priscodelphinus","MD0339""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=57782","38.5093,-76.6797GA5","|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","Exposure of Serravallian Calvert Fm.,Plum Point Member. Private access","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;rays-teeth;Crocodylidae-teeth,mammals-cetacea;shells","MD0049","38.6203,-76.5139MCU","|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","North of","Miocene","Calvert","Forams-Globigerina,Globigerinoides,Globoquadrina,Praeorbulina;Bivalves-Astarte;Sharks-Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Carcharias,Odontaspis,Ranzania,Isurus,Carcharodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Metaxytherium,Nanosiren?,Archaeohippus,Amphicyon,Tomarctus,Desmathyus,Parietobalaena,Kentriodon,Orycterocetus,Physeterula,Eurhinodelphis,Rhabdosteus,Zarhachis,Siphonocetus","MD0291""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=48884""|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","North of","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Siphonalia,Ecphora,Turritella,Polynices;Bivalves-Arca,Melina,Atrina,Pecten,Phacoides,Cytherea,Chione,Venus,Glycimeris,Corbula,Crassatellites,Astarte;Fish-Lopholatilus;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Parietobalaena","MD0346""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=60376""|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","North","Miocene","Calvert","bivalves-Corbula;Sharks-Hemipristis;Mammals-Eurhinodelphis","MD0376""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70590""|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","S","Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Sirenia,Leptophoca,Tomarctus,Cynorca","MD0238""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18516""|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD","South","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Ecphora;Bivalves-Cytherea,Venus,Isocardia;Sharks-Hemipristis;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Metaxytherium,Kentriodon,Squalodon,Orycterocetus","MD0379""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70819,70820,70821,70822""|",,,
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","bivalves-Corbula;mammals-Leptophoca,Eurhinodelphis","MD0378""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70815,70816,70817,70818""|",
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0245""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518""|",
- "Plum Point","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","MD0048","38.6203,-76.5139MCU","|",
- "Plum Pt","Calvert","MD""Miocene""bivalves-Corbula","MD0050""|",,,
- "Point of Rocks","Calvert","MD","2 km N","Miocene","Calvert","?","MD0051","39.2758,-77.5394MCU","|",,,
- "Randle Cliff Beach","Calvert","MD","Exposure of Langhian to Serravallian Calvert Fm.,Plum Point Member","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;rays-teeth;Crocodylidae-teeth,mammals-cetacea;shells","MD0052","38.6650,-76.5308MCU","|",,,
- "Randle Cliff Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","forams-Nonion;Mammals-Aphelops?,Leptophoca,Cynorca,Orycterocetus","MD0293""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=49945","38.6653,-76.5303GA1","|",
- "Randle Cliff Beach","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0246""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.6653,-76.5303GA1","|",
- "Saint Leonard Creek","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Balanus,Bivalves-Melina,Pecten,Cardium,Panopea,Corbula,Astarte;vertebrates-fish-Sharks-Hemipristis;;mammals-Leptophoca","MD0385""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70854","38.3978,-76.5084GA3","|",
- "Scientist Cliffs","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","arthropoda,Balanus","MD0053""|",
- "Scientist Cliffs","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Barnacles-Cirripedia,Chesaconcavus,Fistulobalanus","MD0295""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=51716","38.5188,-76.5128GA2","|",
- "Scientist Cliffs","Calvert","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0247""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.5188,-76.5128GA2","|",
- "St Leonard","Calvert","MD","At St Leonard S of Prince Frederick on MD765 accessible from MD2/MD4. Take Calvert Beach Road for 1.4km to dirt road on left to Matoaka Cottages. Open year round for collecting. Best collecting at low tide. Do not dig in cliffs. Phone 410-586-0269","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","MD0160""https://web.archive.org/web/20190615145354/http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/fossil_collecting.html","38.448800,-76.509400CU","|",,,
- "St Leonard","Calvert","MD","along beach","Miocene","Calvert|Choptank|St Marys","vertebrates,shells","MD0055","38.448800,-76.509400CU","|",,,
- "St Leonard?","Calvert","MD","Near 'Captain Hance's ('about [35km] S of Fairhaven')' in small stream cut in sea cliffs","Miocene""invertebrates(Tabulated:37 species)","MD0170""USGS Bulletin dated 1892""|",
- "-","Charles","MD","J.T.Thomas Estate","Miocene","Calvert","corals-Madrepora;Brachiopods-Orbicula;arthropoda-Balanus;Gastropods-Fissurella,Scala,Ecphora,Turritella,Lunatia,Bursa;Bivalves-Arca,Noetia,Axinaea,Glycimeris,Ostrea,Isognomon,Pinna,Pecten,Anomia,Cardium,Lucina,Metis,Dosinia,Cytherea,Pliorhytis,Sphaerula,Mercenaria,Isocardia,Chama,Corbula,Crassatella,Astarte,Cyclocardia;Sharks-Raja,Myliobatis,Aetobatus,Notidanus,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Otodus,Lamna,Carcharodon,Otodus;Fish-Sphyraena;Turtles-Chelone,Trionyx;birds-bones-Puffinus;Crocodylidae-Thecachampsa;Mammals-Eschrichtius,Batiacasphaera,Cleistosphaeridium,Cyclopsiella,Habibacysta,Hystrichosphaeropsis,Labyrinthodinium,Lingulodinium,Operculodinium,Palaeocystodinium,Pentadinium,Reticulatosphaera,Spiniferites,Sumatradinium,Tectatodinium,Tuberculodinium,Delphinapterus,Balaenoptera,Megaptera,Delphinapterus,Squalodon,Priscodelphinus,Ixacanthus,Rhabdosteus,Priscodelphinus,Orycterocetus,Zarhachis,Cetophis,Delphinapterus,Zizyphinus","MD0337","Cytherea originally entered as Dione","http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=55396""|",
- "Chapel Point","Charles","MD","Near Chapel Point Road","Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Squaladon","MD0341""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=57960","38.4649,-77.0286GA2","|",,,
- "De La Brooke Estate","Charles","MD""Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Tretosphys","MD0288""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=45510","38.4404,-76.6486GA2","|",
- "Indian Creek","Charles","MD","Original says Calvert County","Miocene","Calvert","mammals-Hadrodelphis","MD0264""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=37347","38.4990,-76.6894GA3","|",,,
- "Earle Cove","Queen Annes","MD","just below the cove on the Corsica River","Miocene","Calvert","fossils","MD0118","39.0278,-76.1728MCU","|",,,
- "Wicomico Plain","Queen Annes","MD","headwaters of all streams","Miocene","Calvert","fossils","MD0119""|",,,
- "Cat Creek","St Mary's","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0239""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.4164,-76.6297GA3","|",
- "Chancellor Point","St Mary's","MD","Original says Calvert County","Miocene","Calvert","Gastropods-Retusa,Actaeon,Busycon,Fulgur,Busycotypus,Nassarius,Bulliopsis,Buccinofusus,Terebra,Conus,Surcula,Ecphora,Urosalpinx,Turritella;Bivalves-Dallarca,Crassostrea,Isognomon,Pecten,Chesapecten,Chesacardium,Phacoides,Stewartia,Mactrodesma,Leptomactra,Florimetis,Dosinia,Callocardia,Clementia,Lirophora,Venus,Mercenaria,Isocardia,Glossus,Panopea,Astarte;birds-bones-Alca","MD0384""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=70853..","38.1685,-76.4429GA1","|",,,
- "Drumcliff","St Mary's","MD""Miocene","Calvert","?","MD0122","38.3902,-76.5691GA2","|",
- "Drumcliff","St Mary's","MD""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-Rhinoptera,Aetobatus,Squatina,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Sphyrna,Odontaspis,Isurus,Notidanus,Prionodon;Turtles-Chelonia;Mammals-Gomphotherium,Tapiravus,Aphelops?,Archaeohippus,Merychippus,Amphicyon,Prosthennops,Aepycamelus?,Orycterocetus","MD0240""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18518","38.3902,-76.5691GA2","|",
- "Carmel Church","Caroline","VA","Off US1 between Richmond and Fredericksburg near Kings Dominion. Exposes about 10m of Paleocene,Eocene,and Miocene marine beds","Paleocene-Eocene-Miocene","Aquia|Nanjemoy|Calvert|Choptank|Eastover","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;vertebrates-bones","VA0005","37.9306,-77.4806MCU","|",,,
- "Caroline Quarry","Caroline","VA","Solite corporation quarry on W side of US1 1.6km N of South Anna River-Permission Required","Paleocene-Miocene","Aquia|Nanjemoy|Choptank|Eastover","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;Invertebrates","VA0134","fossils(abundant) at some levels--sharks-teeth;Invertebrates","http://web.archive.org/web/20130130030349/https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL33_NO04.pdf""|",
- "Church Point","Westmoreland","VA""Miocene","Calvert","Mammals-Cynorca","VA0203""http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=collectionInfo&collection_no=18517","38.1172,-76.6397GA2","|",
- "Montross","Westmoreland","VA","At Washington's birthplace in float along beach","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","VA0077","38.0664,-76.7750MCU","|",
- "Stratford Hall","Westmoreland","VA","On Beach -- closed to collecting","Miocene?""vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;Chesapecten,Ecphora","VA0133""http://web.archive.org/web/20140307172850/http://www.fossilandnaturetrips.com/calendar.html","38.151520,-76.834411CU","|",
- "Westmoreland Cliffs-Potomac River","Westmoreland","VA""Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth","VA0078""|",
- "Westmoreland State Park","Westmoreland","VA","Along S bank of the the Potomac River eroded from cliff - Locality 45, Crabs in concretions","Miocene","Calvert","vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;fish-teeth;,Balanus,Corals,Crocodylidae-scutes,gastropods,bivalves,marine mammals-bones;,crabs(articulated)","VA0181""Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States, Jasper Burns available via Googlebooks","38.1617,-76.8644SCU","|",,,
- "Westmoreland State Park","Westmoreland","VA","Exposures of Serravallian Calvert and Choptank Fms.,and Tortonian Eastover Fm","Miocene""Fossils-sharks,rays,whales-bones;mammals-fossils;Crocodylidae-teeth,turtles,shells","VA0079","38.1617,-76.8644SCU","|",
- "Westmoreland State Park","Westmoreland","VA","On Potomac River;collecting permitted","Miocene","Calvert","invertebrates-cephalopods","VA0080","38.1617,-76.8644SCU","|",,,
- "Westmoreland State Park","Westmoreland","VA","on VA3 70 km E of Fredricksburg","Miocene""vertebrates-fish-sharks-teeth;vertebrates-bones;invertebrates-Carcharodon,Isurus,others","VA0081","38.1617,-76.8644SCU","|",
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