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 (41.0 - 37.7 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 | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia weaveri Durham 1942 stony coral | |
Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia washingtonensis Durham 1942 stony coral | |
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 | |
"Mytilus dichotomus" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cooperi, "Modiolus cowlitzensis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis
"Mytilus dichotomus" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cooperi Moore 1983 mussel
"Modiolus cowlitzensis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 mussel | |
Glycymeris saggittata bittersweet clam | |
Solen columbiana razor clams | |
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi
"Spisula packardi" = Pseudocardium packardi Dickerson 1917 clam | |
Macrocallista andersoni, "Pachydesma aragoensis" = Tivela (Pachydesma), Tivelina vaderensis, Pitar (Lammelliconcha) eocenica, Pitar californiana, "Microcallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915 venus clam
"Pachydesma aragoensis" = Tivela (Pachydesma) venus clam
Tivelina vaderensis Dickerson 1915 venus clam
Pitar (Lammelliconcha) eocenica venus clam
Pitar californiana venus clam
"Microcallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle | |
Gari columbiana Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
Tellina cowlitzensis Weaver 1916 tellin clam | |
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
"Venericardia clarki" = Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki
"Venericardia clarki" = Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 clam | |
"Crassatellites washingtoniana" = Crassatella washingtoniana
"Crassatellites washingtoniana" = Crassatella washingtoniana Weaver 1912 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichnina tantilla Anderson and Hanna 1925 snail | |
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail | |
Patelloida vancouverensis limpet | |
Architectonica cf. congnata sundial | |
Odostomia cf. winlockiana Effinger 1938 snail | |
Fissurellidae indet. Fleming 1822 keyhole limpet | |
"Solariella olequahensis" = Solariella (Solariella) olequahensis
"Solariella olequahensis" = Solariella (Solariella) olequahensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 snail | |
Turritella uvasana olequahensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 turret shell | |
"Crepidula pileum" = Spirocrypta pileum
"Crepidula pileum" = Spirocrypta pileum Gabb 1864 snail | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 Chinese hat snail | |
Eulima lewisiana snail | |
Sulcocypraea mathewsonii snail | |
Calorebama inornata Dickerson 1915 snail | |
Whitneyella sinuata Gabb 1864 snail
Fusinus willisi spindle shell | |
Colwellia bretzi snail | |
"Siphonalia sopenahensis" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sopenahensis, "Latirus eocenica" = Cominella eocenica, Cantharus cowlitzensis
"Siphonalia sopenahensis" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sopenahensis Weaver 1912 true whelk
"Latirus eocenica" = Cominella eocenica Weaver 1912 true whelk
Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938 true whelk | |
Mitra washingtoniana Weaver 1912 mitre shell | |
Exilia dickersoni Weaver 1912 snail | |
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail | |
Conus weaveri Dickerson 1915 cone shell
Conus vaderensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 cone shell | |
"Turricula (Pleurofusia) cowlitzensis" = Pleurofusia, Gemmula fasteni
"Turricula (Pleurofusia) cowlitzensis" = Pleurofusia turrid
Gemmula fasteni Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 turrid | |
Turricula washingtonensis, "Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana, "Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni
"Nekewis washingtoniana" = Surcula washingtoniana Weaver 1912 snail
"Hemipleurotoma pulchra" = Surcula evermanni Hanna 1924 snail | |
Clavus fryei snail | |
Murex sopenahensis Weaver 1912 murex snail | |
Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
Ectinochilus washingtonensis Clark and Palmer 1923 true conch | |
Olequahia washingtoniana frog shell | |
"Galeodea trituberculata" = Echinophoria trituberculata
"Galeodea trituberculata" = Echinophoria trituberculata Weaver 1912 snail | |
Cymatium cowlitzense triton shell
Cymatium washingtonianum triton shell | |
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 fig shell | |
Tejonia moragai, Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni, Polinices hornii, Sinum obliquum
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) hotsoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 moon snail
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
Sinum obliquum Gabb 1864 moon snail | |
Pachycrommium hendoni snail | |
Epitonium condoni Dall 1909 wentletrap
Acrilla (Ferminoscala) aragoensis Durham 1937 wentletrap | |
Malacostraca | |
Zanthopsis vulgaris Rathbun 1926 crab | |
? Coeloma martinezensis Rathbun 1926 crab |