Oakville (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 16934

Where: Grays Harbor County, Washington (46.9° N, 123.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 111.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lincoln Creek Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)

• Latest Eocene (or earliest Oligocene)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; silty sandstone

• Silty sandstone packed with shells, in between large basalt boulders, from a pocket on top of basalt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Dell'Angelo, A. Bonfitto, and M. Taviani. 2011. Chitons (Polyplacophora) from Paleogene Strata in Western Washington State, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 85(5):936-954 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180194: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.07.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Lepidochitona washingtonensis
Lepidochitona washingtonensis Dell'Angelo et al. 2011 chiton
Thecostraca
 Verrucomorpha - Verrucidae
Verruca sorrellae
Verruca sorrellae Perreault and Buckeridge 2019 barnacle