Also known as USGS 26898, LACMIP 6295, LACMVP 5123, 5412, CSUN 1578, UWBM C0667, JLG-76

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 113.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• lower part of Pysht Formation; Prothero et al. (2001) place the lower Pysht in the early Oligocene (=Rupelian), as does Shipps et al (2019).

•lower part of Pysht Formation, latest early Oligocene/early late Oligocene (Barnes and Goedert, 2001; Barnes et al., 2001; Prothero et al., 2001), or late Oligocene (Nesbitt et al., 2010). (Mayr et al., 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

• Osedax boreholes

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and J. L. Goedert. 2001. Stratigraphy and paleoecology of Oligocene and Miocene desmostylian occurrences in Western Washington State, U.S.A. Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 2:7-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58964: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause

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