Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.6° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Otter Point Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• "latest Jurassic (Portlandian-Purbeckian)"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; metamorphosed, gray mudstone and lithified, sandy wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Norman V. Peterson in 1961
Primary reference: C. L. Camp and J. G. Koch. 1966. Late Jurassic ichthyosaur from coastal Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 40(1):204-205 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 102275: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 12.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop |