Also known as NMMNH 9241
Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 124.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Port Orford Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: G. V. Morejohn. 1976. Evidence of the survival to recent times of the extinct flightless duck Chendytes lawi Miller. Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:207-211 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194882: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2018, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Diaphus theta Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish | |
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Sebastes goodei Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 perch-like fish | |
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Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 perch-like fish | |
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Citharichthys sordidus Girard 1854 flatfish | |
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Atheresthes stomias Jordan and Gilbert 1880 flatfish
Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854 flatfish
Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington 1879 flatfish | |
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Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854 | |