Satsop River, west fork (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 17747

Where: Grays Harbor County, Washington (47.3° N, 123.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.3° N, 106.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lincoln Creek Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (); limestone

• carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kiel and K. Amano. 2013. The earliest bathymodiolin mussels: An Evaluatio of Eocene and Oligocene taxa from deep-sea methane seep deposits in Western Washington State. Journal of Paleontology 87(4):589-602 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205195: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bathymodiolus willapaensis
Bathymodiolus willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991 mussel
 Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Squiresica knapptonensis1
Squiresica knapptonensis1 Amano and Kiel 2007 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Elliptiolucina washingtonia n. sp.3
Elliptiolucina washingtonia n. sp.3 Kiel 2013 clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Pyropeltidae
Pyropelta sp.2
Pyropelta sp.2 McLean and Haszprunar 1987 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Margarites (Pupillaria) columbiana2
Margarites (Pupillaria) columbiana2 Squires and Goedert 1991 snail
 Neomphalida - Peltospiridae
? Depressigyra sp.2
? Depressigyra sp.2 Warén and Bouchet 1989 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Provannidae
Provanna antiqua2
Provanna antiqua2 Squires 1995 snail
1Hybertsen et al. 2022; 2Kiel 2006; 3Kiel 2013