UCMP A3678, east of Twin Rivers: Chattian, Washington
collected by J. Wyatt Durham

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Calyptraea vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Durham 1944
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Amphissa pulchrilineata Clark 1918
Durham 1944
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Priscofusus hannibali (Clark and Arnold 1923)
Durham 1944
original and current combination Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Durham 1944
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acrilla olympicensis Durham 1937
Durham 1944
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina acutilineata Conrad 1849
Durham 1944
recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope sp. Menard 1807
Durham 1944
corrected as Panopea
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia trapezoides Conrad 1849
Durham 1944
recombined as Thracia (Homoeodesma) trapezoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar californica
Durham 1944
Pitar oregonensis (Conrad 1848)
Durham 1944
nomen dubium belonging to Cytherea
Macrocallista weaveri Clark 1918
Durham 1944
Chione carmanahensis Clark 1925
Durham 1944
recombined as Securella carmanahensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra ramonensis (Packard 1916)
Durham 1944
original and current combination Spisula albaria ramonensis
subspecies attenuata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Apolymetis twinensis Durham 1944
Durham 1944
synonym of Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Nemocardium lorenzanum (Arnold 1908)
Durham 1944
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) lorenzanum
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia castor Dall 1909
Durham 1944
recombined as Cyclocardia castor
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila gettysburgensis (Regan 1909)
Durham 1944
recombined as Acila (Acila) gettysburgensis
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia angustata (Conrad 1849)
original and current combination Nautilus angustatus
(1 measurement)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Durham 1944
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington County:Clallam
Coordinates: 48.2° North, 123.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 115.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pysht
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "upper Oligocene Twin Rivers formation" according to Miller & Downs, 1950. Based on the location, now belongs to the Pysht Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:J. Wyatt Durham
Metadata
Database number:180405
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-15 23:38:31 Last modified:2020-03-22 16:08:21
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-15 23:38:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59868. A. K. Miller and H. R. Downs. 1950. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement. Journal of Paleontology 24:1-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

65963 J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212 [P. Holroyd/E. Orzechowski]