Emlong 718: Rupelian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Simocetidae
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Simocetus rayi n. gen., n. sp.
Fordyce 2002
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon | County: | Lincoln |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 123.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 113.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alsea |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45669 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-22 08:55:57 | Last modified: | 2023-04-13 15:57:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-22 08:55:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12043. | R. E. Fordyce. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:185-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 16541 | D. R. Prothero, C. Z. Bitboul, G. W. Moore and A. R. Niem. 2001. Magnetic stratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the Oligocene Alsea, Yaquina, and Nye Formations, Lincoln County, Oregon. Pacific Section SEPM Special Publication 91:184-200 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |