Eastover Formation of Chesapeake Group (MD*,NC*,VA*)
(alphabetical): Claremont Manor Member (MD*,VA*), Cobham Bay Member (MD*,NC*,VA*).
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Tortonian*
Type section: exposures 0.8 km above Mount Pleasant on right bank of James River, 5.1 km east of Eastover, Surry Co., VA (Ward and Blackwelder, 1980).
Atlantic Coast basin*
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