LACMIP 6295 (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as UWBM B-7447, USBM B-7453

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 114.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pysht Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1989. Pteropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tertiary Formations of Washington and Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):443-448 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194068: authorized by Erica Clites, entered by Erica Clites on 12.06.2018, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.2
Mysticeti indet.2 Cope 1891 whale
toothed mysticete
Malacostraca
 Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Palaega goedertorum3
Palaega goedertorum3 Wieder and Feldmann 1989 pill bug
Polychaeta
  - Siboglinidae
Osedax sp.2
Osedax sp.2 Rouse et al. 2004
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana posterolaevia1
Nuculana posterolaevia1 Kiel and Goedert 2007 pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Idas olympicus1
Idas olympicus1 Kiel and Goedert 2007 mussel
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio berglundi, Praehyalocylis cretacea
Clio berglundi Squires 1989 snail
in concretion
Praehyalocylis cretacea Blanckenhorn 1889 snail
poorly preserved in concretions
 Sorbeoconcha - Provannidae
Provanna antiqua1
Provanna antiqua1 Squires 1995 snail
1Kiel and Amano 2013; 2Kiel et al. 2010; 3Wieder and Feldmann 1989