Lower Willow Creek (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Oregon (44.8° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 109.3° W)

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176030: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus pristinus n. sp. Shufeldt 1915 gull
YPM 935
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Limicolavis pluvianella n. gen. n. sp.
Limicolavis pluvianella n. gen. n. sp. Shufeldt 1915 snipe
YPM 957
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax marinavis n. sp. Shufeldt 1915 cormorant
YPM 936
 Colymbiformes - Colymbidae
"Colymbus oligocaenus n. sp." = Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus
"Colymbus oligocaenus n. sp." = Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus Shufeldt 1915 bird
YPM 983