Waldport, south (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as NMMNH 10349
Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.4° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 113.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Alsea Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• upper Alsea Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
• medium to thinly bedded, tuffaceous, slightly glauconitic mudstone and siltstone, with interbeded concretionary beds and thin volcanic tuff layers
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. J. Welton. 2016. First report of Orthechinorhinus (Squaliformes: Etmopteriidae) from the Pacific Basin; A new species from Early Oligocene rocks of Oregon, USA. Fossil Record 5:303-308 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 199730: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2019
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| Chondrichthyes | |
Orthechinorhinus davidae n. sp.
Orthechinorhinus davidae n. sp. Welton 2016 shark | |