Where: King County, Washington (47.5° N, 122.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 53.6° N, 100.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: CP14 nannofossil zone, Tukwila Formation (Puget Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. A. Nesbitt. 1998. Marine fauna of the middle Eocene Tukwila Formation, King County. Washington Geology 26(1):13-19 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203164: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 02.08.2019, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Brisaster sp. Gray 1855 heart urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Mitsukurina sp. Jordan 1898 goblin shark | |
Triaenodon sp. Mueller and Henle 1837 requiem shark | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina washingtoniana Weaver 1912 | |
Sedentaria | |
cf. Protula sp. Risso 1826 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis, Nuculana cowlitzensis
"Nuculana washingtonensis" = Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis Weaver 1916 pointed nut clam
Nuculana cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 pointed nut clam | |
"Modiolus cowlitzensis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis, "Mytilus dichotomus" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cooperi
"Modiolus cowlitzensis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 mussel
"Mytilus dichotomus" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cooperi Moore 1983 mussel | |
"Crassatellites washingtoniana" = Crassatella washingtoniana
"Crassatellites washingtoniana" = Crassatella washingtoniana Weaver 1912 clam | |
"Venericardia clarki" = Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki
"Venericardia clarki" = Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
Solen columbiana clam | |
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
Tellina cowlitzensis Weaver 1916 tellin clam | |
Gari columbiana Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle | |
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi Dickerson 1917 clam | |
Tivelina vaderensis, "Pachydesma aragoensis" = Tivela (Pachydesma), "Microcallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, Pitar (Lammelliconcha) eocenica, Pitar californiana, Macrocallista andersoni
Tivelina vaderensis Dickerson 1915 venus clam
"Pachydesma aragoensis" = Tivela (Pachydesma) venus clam
"Microcallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
Pitar (Lammelliconcha) eocenica venus clam
Pitar californiana venus clam
Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Fissurellidae indet. Fleming 1822 snail | |
"Solariella olequahensis" = Solariella (Solariella) olequahensis
"Solariella olequahensis" = Solariella (Solariella) olequahensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 snail | |
Architectonica cf. congnata sundial | |
Odostomia cf. winlockiana Effinger 1938 snail | |
Eulima lewisiana snail | |
Epitonium condoni Dall 1909 wentletrap
Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis Durham 1937 wentletrap | |
"Crepidula pileum" = Spirocrypta pileum
"Crepidula pileum" = Spirocrypta pileum Gabb 1864 snail | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
Pachycrommium hendoni snail | |
Olequahia washingtoniana frog shell | |
Cymatium cowlitzense triton shell
Cymatium washingtonianum triton shell | |
"Galeodea trituberculata" = Echinophoria trituberculata
"Galeodea trituberculata" = Echinophoria trituberculata Weaver 1912 snail | |
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 fig shell | |
Exilia dickersoni Weaver 1912 snail | |
Murex sopenahensis Weaver 1912 murex snail | |
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail | |
Calorebama inornata Dickerson 1915 snail | |
"Latirus eocenica" = Cominella eocenica, "Siphonalia sopenahensis" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sopenahensis, Cantharus cowlitzensis
"Latirus eocenica" = Cominella eocenica Weaver 1912 true whelk
"Siphonalia sopenahensis" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sopenahensis Weaver 1912 true whelk
Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938 true whelk | |
Whitneyella sinuata Gabb 1864 snail
Fusinus willisi snail | |
Colwellia bretzi snail | |
Clavus fryei snail | |
Turricula washingtonensis, "Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana, "Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni
"Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana Weaver 1912 snail
"Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni Hanna 1924 snail | |
"Turricula (Pleurofusia) cowlitzensis" = Pleurofusia, Gemmula fasteni
"Turricula (Pleurofusia) cowlitzensis" = Pleurofusia turrid
Gemmula fasteni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 turrid | |
Conus weaveri Dickerson 1915 cone shell
Conus vaderensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 cone shell | |
Mitra washingtoniana Weaver 1912 mitre shell | |
Sulcocypraea mathewsonii snail | |
Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
Ectinochilus washingtonensis Clark and Palmer 1923 true conch | |
Sinum obliquum, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices hornii, Tejonia moragai
Sinum obliquum Gabb 1864 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail | |
Turritella uvasana olequahensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 turret shell | |
Patelloida vancouverensis limpet | |
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail | |
Cylichnina tantilla Anderson and Hanna 1925 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell | |
Malacostraca | |
? Coeloma martinezensis Rathbun 1926 crab | |
Zanthopsis vulgaris Rathbun 1926 crab | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia weaveri Durham 1942 stony coral | |
Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia washingtonensis Durham 1942 stony coral |