UCMP Loc. A-3206 - Observatory Point [Crescent Fm]: Ypresian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria spp.
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Hickman 1976 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis stewarti n. sp.
Durham 1942
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Montipora schencki n. sp.
Durham 1942
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Astreopora sanjuanensis n. sp.
Durham 1942
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Leptophyllastraea vaughani n. sp.
Durham 1942
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| recombined as Dimorphastrea vaughani | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Colpophyllia reagani n. sp.
Durham 1942
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Agariciidae indet.
Gray 1847
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Clallam |
| Coordinates: | 48.2° North, 123.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.1° North, 103.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Crescent |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "volcaniclastic" |
| Lithology description: fossiliferous tuffaceous agglomeratic beds | |
| 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: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91602 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | U. Merkel, S. Tremblay |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-06 02:23:11 | Last modified: | 2019-04-23 16:19:00 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-10-06 02:23:11 |
| 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:
| 66207 | C.S. Hickman. 1976. Pleurotomaria (Archaeogastropoda) in the Eocene of the northeastern Pacific: a review of Cenozoic biogeography and ecology of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 50(6):1090-1102 [P. Holroyd/E. Orzechowski/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] |