A-856 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Cape Arago

Where: Oregon (43.3° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° 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 200922: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella dalli Weaver 1916 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae