A-717 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Oregon (43.3° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 111.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: lower Member (Coaledo Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10)1-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200860: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Whitneyella sinuata Gabb 1864 snail
subspecies aragoensis
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina cf. castacana" = Tellina (Angulus) castacana
"Tellina cf. castacana" = Tellina (Angulus) castacana Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi Dickerson 1917 clam
subspecies yokamensis
 Solenida - Solenidae
""Solen" cf. parallelus" = Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus
""Solen" cf. parallelus" = Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus Gabb 1864 clam