PBDB Collection

Murdock Creek: Rupelian, Washington

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

	? Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836	Goedert and Squires 1993
Reptilia - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

	Tonsala buchanani n. sp. Dyke et al. 2011	Dyke et al. 2011	1 specimen

	Tonsala hildegardae n. gen., n. sp. Olson 1980	Olson 1980	5 specimens
	SMF Av 599, 600, 601, 645
Mammalia - Perissodactyla

	Behemotops proteus Domning et al. 1986	Ray et al. 1994	1 specimen

	Behemotops cf. proteus Domning et al. 1986	Beatty 2023
	LACM 124106
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762	Kiel and Goedert 2006	2 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Simocetidae

	Simocetidae indet. Fordyce 2002	Velez-Juarbe 2023	1 specimen
	LACM 124104

	Odontoceti indet. (Flower 1867)	Racicot et al. 2019	1 specimen
	CCNHM 1000
	= aff. Olympicetus sp. Vélez-Juarbe 2017	Velez-Juarbe 2023

	Olympicetus sp. Vélez-Juarbe 2017	Velez-Juarbe 2023	1 specimen
	LACM 124105, sp. 1
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891	Kiel and Goedert 2006	1 specimen

	Borealodon osedax n. gen., n. sp. Shipps et al. 2019	Shipps et al. 2019	1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Somniosidae

	Somniosus gonzalezi Welton and Goedert 2016	Shipps et al. 2019
Polychaeta - Siboglinidae

	Osedax sp. Rouse et al. 2004	Shipps et al. 2019
Scaphopoda

	Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862	Kiel 2008
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

	Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844	Kiel 2008
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

	Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810	Kiel and Goedert 2006
Gastropoda - Naticidae

	Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834	Kiel and Goedert 2006

	Natica weaveri Tegland 1933	Kiel 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

	Colus sekiuensis n. sp. Kiel and Goedert 2007	Kiel and Goedert 2007
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

	Turridae indet. Swainson 1840	Kiel 2008
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

	Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert 1994	Squires and Goedert 1994
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculana sp. Link 1807	Kiel and Goedert 2006
	n. sp.

	Nuculana posterolaevia Kiel and Goedert 2007	Kiel and Goedert 2007
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

	? Modiolus (Modiolus) willapaensis Squires and Goedert 1991	Goedert and Squires 1993
	recombined as Bathymodiolus willapaensis

	Idas sp. Jeffreys 1876	Kiel and Goedert 2006
	n. sp.

	Idas olympicus n. sp. Kiel and Goedert 2007	Kiel and Goedert 2007
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810	Kiel and Goedert 2006
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

	Vesicomyidae indet. Dall 1908	Shipps et al. 2019

	Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis Squires and Goedert 1991	Goedert and Squires 1993
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

	Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818	Goedert and Squires 1993

	Thyasira xylodia n. sp. Kiel and Goedert 2007	Kiel and Goedert 2007

	Conchocele taylori Hickman 2015	Hryniewicz et al. 2017	3 specimens

	Conchocele bisecta (Conrad 1849)	Kiel and Goedert 2006
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, 113.0° 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:	Pysht
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of Pysht Formation; Prothero et al. (2001) place the lower Pysht in the early Oligocene (=Rupelian), as does Shipps et al (2019). lower part of Pysht Formation, latest early Oligocene/early late Oligocene (Barnes and Goedert, 2001; Barnes et al., 2001; Prothero et al., 2001), or late Oligocene (Nesbitt et al., 2010). (Mayr et al., 2015)

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	siltstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	deep-water indet.
Geology comments: deep sea (evidence of whale fall), cold, high pressure

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Feeding/predation traces:	drill holes

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:	LACM

Metadata

Also known as:	USGS 26898, LACMIP 6295, LACMVP 5123, 5412, CSUN 1578, UWBM C0667, JLG-76
Database number:	58964
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, W. Kiessling	Enterer:	M. Uhen, M. Krause
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-03-01 12:28:17	Last modified:	2023-06-27 08:15:24
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-03-01 12:28:17
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

16716.

L. G. Barnes and J. L. Goedert. 2001. Stratigraphy and paleoecology of Oligocene and Miocene desmostylian occurrences in Western Washington State, U.S.A. Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 2:7-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

5965		B. L. Beatty. 2023. Further desmostylian remains from the upper Oligocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]
38491		G. J. Dyke, X. Wong, and M. B. Habib. 2011. Fossil Plotopterid Seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): Descriptions and Functional Morphology. PLoS One 6(10) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
38578		J. L. Goedert and J. Cornish. 2002. A preliminary report on the diversity and stratigraphic distribution of the Plotopteridae (Pelecaniformes) in Paleogene rocks of Washington State, USA. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution 63-76 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
55866		J. L. Goedert and R. L. Squires. 1993. First Oligocene records of Calyptogena (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae). The Veliger 36(1):72-77 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]
64542		K. Hryniewicz, K. Amano, R. G. Jenkins and S. Kiel. 2017. Thyasirid bivalves from Cretaceous and Paleogene cold seeps. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):705-728 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
28454		S. Kiel. 2008. Fossil evidence for micro- and macrofaunal utilization of large nekton-falls: Examples from early Cenozoic deep-water sediments in Washington State, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 267:161-174 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24320		S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert. 2006. Deep-sea food bonanzas: early Cenozoic whale-fall communities resemble wood-fall rather than seep communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:2625-2631 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
70366		S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert. 2007. New mollusks associated with biogenic substrates in Cenozoic deep−water sediments of Washington State. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):41-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
38525		S. Kiel, W.-A. Kahl, and J. L. Goedert. 2011. Osedax borings in fossil marine bird bones. Naturwissenshcaften 98:51-55 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
56362		G. Mayr, J. L. Goeder, and O. Vogel. 2015. Oligocene plotopterid skulls from Western North America and their bearing on the phylogenetic affinities of these penguin-like seabirds. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e943764 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18061		E. A. Nesbitt. 2018. Cenozoic Marine Formations of Washington and Oregon: an annotated catalogue. PaleoBios 35:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
38489		S. L. Olson. 1980. A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 330:51-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
19001		D. R. Prothero, A. Streig, and C. Burns. 2001. Magnetic stratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the upper Oligocene Pysht Formation, Clallam County, Washington. Pacific Section SEPM Special Publication 91:224-233 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
68992		R. A. Racicot, R. W. Boessenecker, S. A. F. Darroch and J. H. Geisler. 2019. Evidence for convergent evolution of ultrasonic hearing in toothed whales (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Biology Letters 15:1-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
70320		C. E. Ray, D. P. Domning, and M. C. McKenna. 1994. A new specimen of Behemotops proteus (Order Desmostylia) from the marine Oligocene of Washington. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:205-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
61736		B. K. Shipps, C. M. Peredo, and N. D. Pyenson. 2019. Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities. Royal Society Open Science 6(182168):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]
70415		R. L. Squires and J. L. Goedert. 1994. A new species of the volutid gastropod Fulgoraria (Musashia) from the Oligocene of Washington. The Veliger 37(4):400-409 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
85092		J. Velez-Juarbe. 2023. New heterodont odontocetes from the Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A., and a reevaluation of Simocetidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti). PeerJ 11(e15576):1-65 [T. Park/T. Park]