Astoria (Condon Museum collection): Burdigalian, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia angustata (Conrad 1849)
original and current combination Nautilus angustatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oregon County:Clatsop
Coordinates: 46.2° North, 123.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.0° North, 117.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Astoria Member:Silver Point
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Probably from the lower part of the Astoria Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:submarine fan
Geology comments: Silver Point Member in Astoria area dominated by turbidite deposits
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Condon Museum, University of Oregon
Metadata
Database number:180437
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-16 18:36:57 Last modified:2019-07-23 22:17:26
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-16 18:36:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54367. H. G. Schenck. 1931. Cephalopods of the genus Aturia from western North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19:435-490 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/M. Clapham]