LACMIP 6293 (Oligocene to of the United States)

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

• deep marine basin

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
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert 1994 volute