mouth of Whiskey Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.1° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 111.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. L. Goedert, V. Thiel, O. Schmale, W. W. Rau, W. Michaelis and J. Peckmann. 2003. The Late Eocene ‘Whiskey Creek’ methane-seep deposit (western Washington State). Facies 48(1):223-239 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169032: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.05.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Nuculana (aff. Nuculana) grasslei Allen 1993 pointed nut clam | |
"Acharax dalli" = Solemya dalli
"Acharax dalli" = Solemya dalli Clark 1925 Awning Clam | |
"Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis" = Bathymodiolus willapaensis
"Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis" = Bathymodiolus willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991 mussel | |
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Cryptolucina megadyseides Saul et al. 1996 clam | |
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Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
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Vesicomya (Calyptogena) sp. Dall 1891 clam | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019 | |
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Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
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Uvigerina garzaensis Cushman and Siegfus 1939 | |
| Tubothalamea | |
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Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Globobulimina pacifica Cushman 1927 | |
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Cyclammina sp. Brady 1876 | |
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Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910 | |
| Globothalamea | |
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| Foraminifera | |
| Nodosariata | |
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Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
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Plectofrondicularia sp. Liebus 1902
Plectofrondicularia cf. vaughani Cushman 1927 | |