Burn Road Bridge, Nehalem River (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Mist, UCMP V6730, UCMP A5018, UCMP A8721, USGS Cenozoic 15318

Where: Columbia County, Oregon (46.0° N, 123.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 111.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: middle Member (Keasey Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• lower Refugian (Upper Eocene)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. C. Moore and H. E. Vokes. 1953. Lower Tertiary crinoids from Northwestern Oregon. Geological Survey Professional Paper 233(E):113-147 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 126108: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.03.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia schencki n. sp.6 Zullo et al. 1964 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
Crustacea indet.6
"fragmentary crustacean remains" few
? Brisingida indet.6
"brisingid (?) sp. nov. (new genus ?)"
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
? Astropecten "sp. nov."6 Gray 1840 sea star
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
"Isocrinus oregonensis n. sp." = Raymondicrinus oregonensis, Isocrinus nehalemensis6
"Isocrinus oregonensis n. sp." = Raymondicrinus oregonensis Moore and Vokes 1953 Sea lily
common
Isocrinus nehalemensis6 Moore and Vokes 1953 Sea lily
several
Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias howellii5 Reed 1946 sevengill shark
Adekunbiella durhami
  -
Adekunbiella durhami n. gen. n. sp.1
Adekunbiella durhami n. gen. n. sp.1 Adegoke 1967
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander stewarti6 Durham 1944 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Epitonium keaseyensis" = Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyensis6
"Epitonium keaseyensis" = Epitonium (Boreoscala) keaseyensis6 Durham 1937 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices "sp. nov."6 Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp.6 Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria in quotes
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia lincolnensis6 Weaver 1916 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Fulgurofusus "sp. nov."6 Grabau 1904 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Yoldia (Portlandella) chehalisensis" = Portlandia chehalisensis6
"Yoldia (Portlandella) chehalisensis" = Portlandia chehalisensis6 Arnold 1908 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis6
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis6 Weaver 1916 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Minormalletia "sp. nov."" = Malletia6
"Minormalletia "sp. nov."" = Malletia6 des Moulins 1832 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Acila (Truncacila) nehalemensis" = Acila nehalemensis6
"Acila (Truncacila) nehalemensis" = Acila nehalemensis6 Hanna 1924 divaricate nutclam
several
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Acharax) willapaensis" = Acharax6
"Solemya (Acharax) willapaensis" = Acharax6 Awning Clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Delectopecten "sp. nov."6 Stewart 1930 scallop
several
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium "sp. nov."6 de Gregorio 1884 mud scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Anechinocardium weaveri3 Anderson and Martin 1914 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina "sp. nov."6 Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Moerella quasimacoma3 Hickman 2015 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Saxicavellidae
Saxicavella burnsi3 Hickman 2015 clam
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
"Aperiploma bainbridgensis" = Cochlodesma bainbridgensis2
"Aperiploma bainbridgensis" = Cochlodesma bainbridgensis2 Clark 1925 clam
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Conchocele bathyaulax3 Hickman 2015 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Pulalius vulgaris4 Rathbun 1926 crab
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sp.6 Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum hertleini6 Durham 1942 stony coral
 Octocorallia -
Octocorallia indet.6 Haeckel 1866
"gorgonian coral"
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae