Twin Rivers, UCMP A3682 (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 115.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pysht Formation (Twin River Group), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212 [P. Holroyd/E. Orzechowski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 208152: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.03.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Solemya dalli" = Solemya (Acharax) dalli
"Solemya dalli" = Solemya (Acharax) dalli Clark 1925 Awning Clam | |
"Acila gettysburgensis" = Acila (Acila) gettysburgensis
"Acila gettysburgensis" = Acila (Acila) gettysburgensis Regan 1909 divaricate nutclam | |
Lucina hannibali clam | |
"Thyasira cf. disjuncta" = Conchocele bisecta
"Thyasira cf. disjuncta" = Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
Cochlodesma bainbridgensis Clark 1925 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma
"Dentalium conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Echinophoria rex" = Liracassis rex
"Echinophoria rex" = Liracassis rex Tegland 1931 snail |