Ochoco Pass (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Wheeler County, Oregon (44.5° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 105.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarno Formation, Eocene to Eocene (56.0 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous shale

• slabs of shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1963, 1966

• collected by multiple individuals and filed parties

Primary reference: T. M. Cavender. 1968. Freshwater fish remains from the Clarno Formation Ochoco Mountains of north-central Oregon. The Ore Bin 30(7):125-141 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227073: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 01.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
cf. Hiodon sp.
cf. Hiodon sp. Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994 salamander
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
cf. Amia sp.
cf. Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
Conodonta
 Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomidae indet.
Catostomidae indet. carp-like fish
 Cypriniformes - Gondolellidae
cf. Amyzon sp.
cf. Amyzon sp. Cope 1872 carp-like fish
Actinopteri
 Lycopodiobiotina -
Siluriformes indet.