mouth of Whiskey Creek: Late/Upper Eocene, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Haplophragmoiidae
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Haplophragmoides sp.
Cushman 1910
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Lituolidae
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Cyclammina sp.
Brady 1876
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Involutinidae
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Involutina cf. incertus
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Chilostomellidae
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Chilostomella cf. oolina
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Cassidulinidae
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Cassidulina cf. galvinensis
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Globocassidulina globosa
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Uvigerinidae
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Uvigerina garzaensis
Cushman and Siegfus 1939
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Buliminidae
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Globobulimina pacifica
Cushman 1927
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Rotaliidae
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Gyroidina orbicularis
d'Orbigny 1865
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Globigerinidae
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Globigerina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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unclassified
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Pseudoglandulina cf. inflata
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Valvulinidae
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Eggerella cf. bradyi
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Martinottiella communis
Huang et al. 2019
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Polymorphinidae
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Guttulina frankei
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Sigmomorphina schencki
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Nodosariidae
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Dentalina cf. dusenburyi
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Dentalina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Dentalina longiscata
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Lenticulina sp.
Lamarck 1804
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unclassified
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Plectofrondicularia sp.
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Plectofrondicularia cf. vaughani
Cushman 1927
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis
Squires and Goedert 1991
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Vesicomyidae
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Vesicomya (Calyptogena) sp.
(Dall 1891)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Conchocele bisecta
(Conrad 1849)
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| synonym of Conchocele conradii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Cryptolucina megadyseides
Saul et al. 1996
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Bivalvia
- Protobranchia
- Solemyidae
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Acharax dalli
(Clark 1925)
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| original and current combination Solemya dalli | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Protobranchia
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (aff. Nuculana) grasslei
Allen 1993
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Foraminferea
- Miliolida
- Miliolidae
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Pyrgo cf. lupheri
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Quinqueloculina imperialis
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Quinqueloculina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Clallam |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° North, 123.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 111.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 169032 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-05-05 09:33:04 | Last modified: | 2015-05-05 09:33:04 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-08-05 09:33:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55218. | 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] |