Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.7° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 118.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Astoria Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. L. Packard and R. Kellogg. 1934. A new cetothere from the Miocene Astoria Formation of Newport, Oregon. Contributions to Palaeontology Carnegie Institution of Washington 447(I):3-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60339: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.05.2006, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"? Psephophorus oregonensis n. sp." = Egyptemys oregonensis2
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Mammalia | |
"Desmostylus cymatias" = Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian | |
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale |