Bullman Creek: Rupelian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Makahala mirae n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr 2015
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Mayr 2015 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Plotopteridae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| Mayr and Goedert 2022 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Clallam |
| Coordinates: | 48.3° North, 124.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.4° North, 107.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Makah | Member: | Jansen Creek |
| Local section: | Jansen Creek | Local bed: | Clallam |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | volcaniclastic,shelly/skeletal conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193568 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-29 15:07:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-29 15:07:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65765. | G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert. 2018. First record of a tarsometatarsus of Tonsala hildegardae (Plotopteridae) and other avian remains from the late Eocene/early Oligocene of Washington State (USA). Geobios 51:51-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 48952 | G. Mayr. 2015. A new Paleogene procellariiform bird from western North America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 275(1):11-17 [M. Uhen/H. Reyes/M. Uhen] | |
| 88337 | G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert. 2022. New late Eocene and Oligocene plotopterid fossils from Washington State (USA), with a revision of “Tonsala” buchanani (Aves, Plotopteridae). Journal of Paleontology 96(1):224-236 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |