Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.3° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 114.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Makah Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• Latest early Oligocene to earliest late Oligocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, replaced with phosphate
Primary reference: R. L. Squires and J. L. Goedert. 1994. A new species of the volutid gastropod Fulgoraria (Musashia) from the Oligocene of Washington. The Veliger 37(4):400-409 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205212: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert 1994 volute |