UO 4356 Thomas Creek Drive (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Linn County, Oregon (44.5° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 112.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mehama Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. J. Jacisin III and S. S. Hopkins. 2018. A redescription and phylogenetic analysis based on new material of the fossil newts Taricha oligocenica Van Frank, 1955 and Taricha lindoei Naylor, 1979 (Amphibia, Salamandridae) from the Oligocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 92(4):713-733 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193699: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 04.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Taricha oligocenica van Frank 1955 Roughskin newts