Where: Baker County, Oregon (44.5° N, 120.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 19.5° N, 45.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Martin Bridge Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by University of Oregon Summer Field Camp in 1981
Primary reference: W. N. Orr and K. T. Katsura. 1985. Oregon's oldest vertebrates [Ichthyosauria(Reptilia)]. Oregon Geology 47(7):75-77 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140303: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Shastasaurus cf. osmonti" = Shastasaurus pacificus
"Shastasaurus cf. osmonti" = Shastasaurus pacificus Merriam 1895 ichthyosaur 23 articulated vertebrae with intact ribs and neural arches
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