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 | |
Behemotops proteus n. gen. n. sp.1
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Olympicetus avitus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Chondrichthyes | |
Somniosus gonzalezi n. sp.4
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Articulata | |
Polychaeta | |
Osedax sp.2 Rouse et al. 2004 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"? Idasola sp." = Idas
"? Idasola sp." = Idas Jeffreys 1876 mussel | |
Thyasira ? peruviana Olsson 1931 clam | |
Modiolidae | |
Modiolidae indet. Termier and Termier 1950 |