Smith Point, Astoria (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Clatsop County, Oregon (46.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 114.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Astoria Group, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale
• fine soft black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. New fossil corals from the Pacific coast. University of California Publications in Geology 10(13):185-190 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
Caryophyllia oregonensis n. sp.
Caryophyllia oregonensis n. sp. Nomland 1917 stony coral | |