Cape Blanco (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 119.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Empire Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• San Lorenzo series; basal sandstone

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203537: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.08.2019

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