Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.3° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 113.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Makah Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• upper part of the Makah Formation

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: J. L. Goedert, R. L. Squires, and L. G. Barnes. 1995. Paleoecology of whale-fall habitats from deep-water Oligocene rocks, Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 118:151-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45805: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2004

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