CAS 212, east of Pysht (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 115.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pysht Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Presumably from the Pysht Formation, based on its location

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

Primary reference: H. G. Schenck. 1931. Cephalopods of the genus Aturia from western North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19:435-490 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166391: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 11.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia angustata Conrad 1849 nautiloid