Also known as Cape Blanco
Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 121.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Empire Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• originally identified as Pliocene. Prothero et al. (2001) place the Empire Formation in the Tortonian (Wishkahan, 7.0-8.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified sandstone and unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. L. Packard. 1947. Fossil baleen from the Pliocene of Cape Blanco, Oregon. Oregon State Monographs Studies in Geology 5:1-8 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57057: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Anorthoscutum oregonense" = Anorthoscutum oregonensis1
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Mammalia | |
? Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale | |
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