Whiskey Creek mouth: Rupelian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Vesicomyidae
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| Kiel et al. 2023 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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| paratype | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Plotopteridae
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| Mayr and Goedert 2022 | ||||||||||
| cf. ? Klallamornis clarki | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Clallam |
| Coordinates: | 48.2° North, 123.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.2° North, 106.6° West (Wright 2013) |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Kiel & Goedert 2007 are confused about the stratigraphy, but this information is from the UWBM database. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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
| Also known as: | UWBM B6753 | ||
| Database number: | 205040 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-03 12:25:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-03 12:25:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 88342 | S. Kiel, K. Amano, and J. L. Goedert. 2023. New taxa, records, and data for vesicomyid bivalves from Cenozoic strata of the North Pacific region. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68(2):297-320 [M. Uhen/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] |