A-3207, A-3208 Seattle, Duwamish River (Eocene of the United States)

Where: King County, Washington (47.5° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 109.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Puget Group, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

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 91605: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.10.2009, edited by Susan Tremblay

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria spp.
Pleurotomaria spp. Defrance 1826 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus sp.
Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia washingtonensis n. sp.
Balanophyllia washingtonensis n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia weaveri n. sp.
Turbinolia weaveri n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora duwamishensis n. sp.
Astreopora duwamishensis n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral