Merrick's Bay (Oligocene to of the United States)

Also known as USGS 26897; LACMIP 8231

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 115.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pysht Formation, Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 20.4 Ma)

• Top of Pysht Formation and base of Clallam Formation, uppermost Oligocene–lowermost Miocene.

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert. 2007. New mollusks associated with biogenic substrates in Cenozoic deep−water sediments of Washington State. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):41-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205038: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Idas olympicus Kiel and Goedert 2007 mussel
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Xylodisculidae
Xylodiscula okutanii n. sp. Kiel and Goedert 2007 snail