CSUN 1579, UWBM loc. C1660: Rupelian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Polychaeta
- Siboglinidae
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Osedax sp.
Rouse et al. 2004
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Kiel et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira ? peruviana
Olsson 1931
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculanidae indet.
Adams and Adams 1858
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Modiolidae
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Modiolidae indet.
Termier and Termier 1950
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Clallam |
| Coordinates: | 48.3° North, 124.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 113.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Makah |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) |
| Geology comments: deep marine basin | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45808 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-03 10:59:41 | Last modified: | 2019-01-07 14:51:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-03 10:59:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12149. | J. L. Goedert, R. L. Squires, and L. G. Barnes. 1995. Paleoecology of whale-fall habitats from deep-water Oligocene rocks, Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 118:151-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 46129 | S. Kiel, W.-A. Kahl, and J. L. Goedert. 2013. Traces of the bone-eating annelid Osedax in Oligocene whale teeth and fish bones. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87:161-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 33838 | D. R. Prothero, E. Draus, and C. Burns. 2009. Magnetostratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Eocene-Oligocene Makah and Hoko River Formations, Northwest Washington, USA. International Journal of Geophysics 2009(930612):1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |