page_title: St. Marys Formation
section_title: Vertebrate Paleofauna
hierarchical_section_title: St. Marys Formation / Vertebrate Paleofauna
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossilised mummy of en:Procamelus, an extinct camelid from the Miocene of North America. Specimen information from The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History: specimen # OMNH 53782, associated skull, mandible, some cervical vertebrae, portion of right forelimb skeleton, partially articulated; Kirkland (1993:figs. 1-11). * Locality: V911, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; Ogallala Formation; Miocene. Deutsch: Fossilisierte Mumie von Procamelus, einem ausgestorbenen Cameliden von Nordamerika.
context_page_description: The St. Marys Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene period. It is the youngest Miocene formation present in the Calvert Cliffs and is part of the Chesapeake Group.
context_section_description: A diverse vertebrate paleofauna is known from the St. Marys Formation:
caption: Fossilized Procamelus mummy from Oklahoma
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