A-1807 Beans Point, Bainbridge Island (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Kitsap County, Washington (47.6° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 113.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blakeley Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• lower Blakeley Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):84-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91614: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.10.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea washingtonensis n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Sclerhelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia bainbridgensis n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus "sp. A" Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caryophyllia blakeleyensis n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia teglandae n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Oxystele dorni1 Durham 1944 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella blakeleyensis" = Turritella diversilineata blakeleyensis1
"Turritella blakeleyensis" = Turritella diversilineata blakeleyensis1 Weaver 1912 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla blakeleyensis1 Durham 1944 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Bruclarkia blakeleyensis1 Durham 1944 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Priscofusus "sp. B"1 Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Suavodrillia hertleini" = Ptychosyrinx hertleini1
"Suavodrillia hertleini" = Ptychosyrinx hertleini1 Durham 1944 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella shepardae1 Tegland 1933 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax ? trophonoides1 Tegland 1933 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae2 Squires and Goedert 1994 volute
"? Miopleiona scowensis" = Psephaea (Miopleiona) weaveri1 Tegland 1933 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Echinophoria rex" = Liracassis rex1
"Echinophoria rex" = Liracassis rex1 Tegland 1931 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Scaphander gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni1
"Scaphander gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni1 Tegland 1933 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris vancouverensis1 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis carmanahensis1 Clark 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Nemocardium lorenzanum" = Anechinocardium lorenzanum1
"Nemocardium lorenzanum" = Anechinocardium lorenzanum1 Arnold 1908 cockle
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia blakeleyensis1 Durham 1944 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium conradi1 Dall 1909 tusk shell
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.1 Linnaeus 1758
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.1 Miller 1821 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet.1 Gray 1840 brittle star