Butte Creek 1 (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Marion County, Oregon (45.0° N, 122.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 49.6° N, 108.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chattian (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, tuffaceous siltstone
• well indurated tuffaceous siltstones
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. N. Orr and J. Faulhaber. 1975. A middle Tertiary cetacean from Oregon. Northwest Science 49(3):174-181 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57052: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Pitar clarki" = Lamelliconcha clarki
"Pitar clarki" = Lamelliconcha clarki Dickerson 1917 venus clam | |
"Spisula pittsburgensis" = Mactromeris pittsburgensis
"Spisula pittsburgensis" = Mactromeris pittsburgensis Clark 1925 clam | |
"Thracia condoni" = Thracia (Cetothrax) condoni
"Thracia condoni" = Thracia (Cetothrax) condoni Dall 1909 clam | |
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis Weaver 1916 pointed nut clam | |
"Acila shumardi" = Acila (Truncacila) shumardi
"Acila shumardi" = Acila (Truncacila) shumardi Dall 1909 divaricate nutclam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Epitonium condoni" = Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni
"Epitonium condoni" = Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni Dall 1909 wentletrap | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 Chinese hat snail | |
Polinices washingtonensis Weaver 1916 moon snail | |
Exilia lincolnensis Weaver 1916 snail | |
Mammalia | |
Aetiocetus cf. cotylalveus Emlong 1966 whale |