UCMP V 74045 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as NMMNH 9243

Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 124.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Port Orford Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: B. J. Welton. 2015. The Marine Fish Fauna of the Middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 66:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222408: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus suckleyi Girard 1854 dogfish shark
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Microgadus proximus Girard 1845
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
 Perciformes - Cryptacanthodidae
Cryptacanthodes aleutensis Gilbert 1896 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Cottidae indet. perch-like fish
Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 perch-like fish
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sordidus Girard 1854 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington 1879 flatfish
Atheresthes stomias Jordan and Gilbert 1880 flatfish
Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854 flatfish
 Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
 Acanthopterygii - Ammodytidae
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser medirostris Ayres 1854 sturgeon