Mats-Mats Bay: Priabonian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium porterensis
Weaver 1912
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices wshingtonensis
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Durham 1944 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus ruckmani
Dickerson 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Molopophorus effingeri
Effinger 1938
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Perse olympicensis n. sp.
Durham 1944
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Urosalpinx coombsi n. sp.
Durham 1944
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Olequahia lorenzana
(Wagner and Schilling 1923)
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Gyrineum jeffersonensis n. sp.
Durham 1944
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Echinophoria dalli
(Dickerson 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Acrilla becki
Durham 1937
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Epitonium condoni
(Dall 1909)
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| subspecies oregonensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon parvum
Dickerson 1917
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Puncturella barksdalei n. sp.
Durham 1944
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima bella
Dickerson 1917
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten porterensis
Weaver 1912
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Pecten grunskyi
Hertlein 1929
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea cf. idriaensis
Gabb 1869
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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? Arca washingtoniana
Dickerson 1917
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen townsendensis
(Clark 1925)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra packardi
(Dickerson 1917)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila shumardi
(Dall 1909)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana washingtonensis
(Weaver 1916)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hemithirididae
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Hemithiris informal sp. A
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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? Terebratula oakvilleensis
(Weaver 1912)
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Durham 1944 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Archohelia weaveri
Durham 1942
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Trochocyathus townsendensis
Durham 1942
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia fulleri
Durham 1942
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Hydrozoa
- Stylasterina
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Stylaster milleri
Durham 1942
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Jefferson |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 122.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° North, 110.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Quimper | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: basal Quimper Sandstone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP A-1808 | ||
| Database number: | 91607 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Uhen | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-06 06:49:50 | Last modified: | 2020-03-21 15:54:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-06 06:49:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30879. | J. W. Durham. 1942. Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):84-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
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] | |
| 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] | |
| 30881 | D. R. Prothero, E. Draus, E. A. Nesbitt, T. M. Smiley, and C. Burns. 2009. Paleomagnetism and counterclockwise tectonic rotation of the Eocene-Oligocene Lyre, Quimper, and Marrowstone Formations, NE Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 43(2):127-138 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |