A-700 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Oregon (43.5° N, 123.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 107.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Flournoy Formation (Umpqua Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• originally upper Umpqua Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 200897: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana hendoni Turner 1938 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Philinidae
"? Megistostoma caminoensis" = Megistostoma gabbianum
"? Megistostoma caminoensis" = Megistostoma gabbianum Stoliczka 1868 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercimonia bunkeri, "cf. Isocardia tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis
Mercimonia bunkeri Hanna 1927 venus clam
"cf. Isocardia tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis Waring 1914 venus clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
? Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797 clam