PBDB Collection

mouth of Whiskey Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.1° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 111.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Goedert, V. Thiel, O. Schmale, W. W. Rau, W. Michaelis and J. Peckmann. 2003. The Late Eocene ‘Whiskey Creek’ methane-seep deposit (western Washington State). Facies 48(1):223-239 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169032: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Cardiida - Vesicomyidae	Vesicomya (Calyptogena) sp. Vesicomya (Calyptogena) sp. Dall 1891 clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Cryptolucina megadyseides Cryptolucina megadyseides Saul et al. 1996 clam
Lucinida - Thyasiridae	Conchocele bisecta Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	"Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis" = Bathymodiolus willapaensis "Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis" = Bathymodiolus willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991 mussel
Solemyida - Solemyidae	"Acharax dalli" = Solemya dalli "Acharax dalli" = Solemya dalli Clark 1925 Awning Clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana (aff. Nuculana) grasslei Nuculana (aff. Nuculana) grasslei Allen 1993 pointed nut clam
Globothalamea
Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae	Gyroidina orbicularis Gyroidina orbicularis d'Orbigny 1865 spp. planata
Foraminifera
-	Pseudoglandulina cf. inflata Pseudoglandulina cf. inflata
Tubothalamea
Miliolida - Miliolidae	Pyrgo cf. lupheri Pyrgo cf. lupheri
Miliolida - Hauerinidae	Quinqueloculina sp., Quinqueloculina imperialis Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 Quinqueloculina imperialis Hanna and Hanna 1922
Foraminifera
Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae	Uvigerina garzaensis Uvigerina garzaensis Cushman and Siegfus 1939
Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae	Cassidulina cf. galvinensis, Globocassidulina globosa Cassidulina cf. galvinensis Globocassidulina globosa
Textulariacea - Valvulinidae	Eggerella cf. bradyi Eggerella cf. bradyi
Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae	Martinottiella communis Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019
- Chilostomellidae	Chilostomella cf. oolina Chilostomella cf. oolina
Nodosariata
Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae	Sigmomorphina schencki, Guttulina frankei Sigmomorphina schencki Guttulina frankei
Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae	Plectofrondicularia sp., Plectofrondicularia cf. vaughani Plectofrondicularia sp. Liebus 1902 Plectofrondicularia cf. vaughani Cushman 1927
Nodosariida - Nodosariidae	Dentalina cf. dusenburyi, Dentalina sp., Dentalina longiscata Dentalina cf. dusenburyi Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 Dentalina longiscata
Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae	Lenticulina sp. Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae	Globigerina sp. Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae	Haplophragmoides sp. Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
Lituolida - Lituolidae	Cyclammina sp. Cyclammina sp. Brady 1876
Involutinina - Involutinidae	Involutina cf. incertus Involutina cf. incertus
Buliminoidea - Buliminidae	Globobulimina pacifica Globobulimina pacifica Cushman 1927