Moore Creek mouth (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 5057

Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.6° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nye Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Nye Mudstone

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kimura and L. G. Barnes. 2016. New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from the North Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20:1-58 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 169867: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Allodelphinidae
Goedertius oregonensis n. gen. n. sp.
Goedertius oregonensis n. gen. n. sp. Kimura and Barnes 2016 toothed whale