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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Taricha oligocenica van Frank 1955 Roughskin newts |