Where: Coos County, Oregon (43.4° N, 124.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 122.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Empire Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Empire Fm, which is overlain by the Elk River Fm. THICKNESS: From bed within formation that reaches a thickness of 500 ft. AGE: Miocene according to Arnold and Hannibal (1913). More recent publications (Hertlein and Crickmay, 1925) indicate an Early Pliocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal sandstone within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: H. Hannibal (c 1910's). REPOSITORY: Unknown, not stated.
Primary reference: R. Arnold and H. Hannibal. 1913. The marine Tertiary stratigraphy of the North Pacific coast of America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 52(212):559-605 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71149: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail | |
"Caesia arnoldi" = Nassarius (Caesia)
"Caesia arnoldi" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail | |
Calyptraea inornata Gabb 1869 slipper shell
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Phacoides acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Phacoides acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Cardium meekianum" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum
"Cardium meekianum" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum Gabb 1866 cockle | |
"Tellina aragonia" = Tellina (Peronidia) aragonia, Macoma astori
"Tellina aragonia" = Tellina (Peronidia) aragonia Dall 1909 tellin clam
Macoma astori Dall 1909 tellin clam | |
"Venus securis" = Securella securis
"Venus securis" = Securella securis Shumard 1858 venus clam | |
Diplodonta parilis Conrad 1848 clam | |
"Spisula albaria" = Mactromeris albaria, "Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum, "Schizothaerus pajaroanus" = Tresus pajaroanus
"Spisula albaria" = Mactromeris albaria Conrad 1848 clam
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum Conrad 1856 clam
"Schizothaerus pajaroanus" = Tresus pajaroanus Conrad 1857 clam | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
Glycymeris grewingki Dall 1909 clam | |
"Modiolus rectus" = Modiolatus rectus
"Modiolus rectus" = Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Yoldia oregona" = Yoldia (Kalayoldia) oregona
"Yoldia oregona" = Yoldia (Kalayoldia) oregona Shumard 1858 clam | |
Acila trilineata, "Acila conradi" = Acila (Truncacila) conradi
Acila trilineata divaricate nutclam
"Acila conradi" = Acila (Truncacila) conradi Meek 1864 divaricate nutclam | |
Echinoidea | |
"Scutella gabbi" = Remondella gabbii
"Scutella gabbi" = Remondella gabbii RĂ©mond 1863 sand dollar |