Also known as LACM IP 6295, UWBM C0667
Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 115.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pysht Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; concretionary mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: J. L. Goedert, R. L. Squires, and L. G. Barnes. 1995. Paleoecology of whale-fall habitats from deep-water Oligocene rocks, Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 118:151-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45809: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
Olympicetus avitus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Behemotops proteus n. gen. n. sp.1
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| Chondrichthyes | |
Somniosus gonzalezi n. sp.4
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| Polychaeta | |
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Osedax sp.2 Rouse et al. 2004 | |
| Articulata | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Thyasira ? peruviana Olsson 1931 clam | |
"? Idasola sp." = Idas
"? Idasola sp." = Idas Jeffreys 1876 mussel | |
| Modiolidae | |
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Modiolidae indet. Termier and Termier 1950 | |