UCMP Loc. A-3280 - Elwha River [Crescent Fm] (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.1° N, 123.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 103.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Crescent Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
• calcareous concretion in black shales
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):84-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91603: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.10.2009
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Archohelia clarki" = Petrophyllia clarki
"Archohelia clarki" = Petrophyllia clarki Vaughan 1927 stony coral | |
Turbinolia quaylei n. sp.
Turbinolia quaylei n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral | |