Nehalem River corals 1 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Oregon (45.9° N, 123.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 110.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cowlitz Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Cowlitz Formation in the upper Nehalem River valley of northwestern Orgeon.

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•Previously described species of both genera are European and of somewhat different ages than the Oregon species.

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and shale

• Occurences suggest these genera were more cosmopolitan than implied... and might be expected to occur in other parts of the world
• lower shale member, basal conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP, USNM

Primary reference: B. Blake. 1968. Two new Eocene corals from Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):201-204 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78656: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dasmia americana n. sp.
Dasmia americana n. sp. Blake 1968 stony coral