Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.7° N, 124.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 124.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Elk River Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Elk River Fm, which overlies the Empire Fm (Cape Blanco beds). THICKNESS: From formation that reaches a thickness of 250 ft. AGE: Early Pliocene according to Arnold and Hannibal (1913). More recent publications indicate an Early Pleistocene age (Bandy, 1950; Leffler, 1964). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, pebbly sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: F. Wood and H. Hannibal (c 1910's). REPOSITORY: Unknown, not stated.

Primary reference: R. Arnold and H. Hannibal. 1913. The marine Tertiary stratigraphy of the North Pacific coast of America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 52(212):559-605 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71142: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.04.2007

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