Murdock Creek mouth, near (Oligocene to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 6295; USGS M8991; UCMP 11407

Where: Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 114.2° W)

When: Pysht Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Latest early Oligocene to earliest late Oligocene

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205213: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert 1994 volute
 Patellida - Pectinodontidae
Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia n. sp. Lindberg and Hedegaard 1996 limpet