UCMP loc. A-861 (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 201050: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies stewarti
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis Durham 1937 wentletrap
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana, "Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni
"Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana Weaver 1912 snail
"Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni Hanna 1924 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella dalli Weaver 1916 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia hornii Gabb 1864 clam
subspecies clarki
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi Dickerson 1917 clam
subspecies yokamensis
 Cardiida - Tellinidae