East of Neah Bay: Priabonian - Rupelian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Galliformes indet.
(Temminck 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "undescribed galliform" (UWBM 88804-C1009) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 124.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.7° North, 106.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene - Oligocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian - Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 - Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian - Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 27.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Makah | Member: | Jansen Creek |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: observation based on cast of specimen at UWBM; whereabouts of original unknown | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 222796 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-10-24 16:59:27 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-10-24 16:59:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 78402. | G. Mayr, J. L. Goedert, and R. Rabenstein. 2021. Cranium of an Eocene/Oligocene pheasant‑sized galliform bird from western North America, with the description of a vascular autapomorphy of the Galliformes. Journal of Ornithology 1-12 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |