Mist crinoid locality

Where: Columbia County, Oregon (46.0° N, 123.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 112.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Keasey Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; concretionary, tuffaceous siltstone and argillaceous mudstone

• deep-water, concretionary, tuffaceous siltstones and clayey mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Burns, K. A. Campbell, and R. Mooi. 2005. Exceptional crinoid occurrences and associated carbonates of the Keasey Formation (Early Oligocene) at Mist, Oregon, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227:210-231 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 201486: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bonnelita sp., Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet.
fish scales of David (1956)
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp., Isocrinus nehalemensis n. sp.2
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
Isocrinus nehalemensis n. sp.2 Moore and Vokes 1953 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia schencki
Salenia schencki Zullo et al. 1964 sea urchin
spines
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
Fustiaria sp.
Fustiaria sp. Stoliczka 1868 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp.
Acila sp. Adams and Adams 1858 divaricate nutclam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Delectopecten sp.
Delectopecten sp. Stewart 1930 scallop
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander sp.
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Adekunbiella durhami
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Adekunbiella durhami1
Adekunbiella durhami1 Adegoke 1967
1Adegoke 1967; 2Moore and Vokes 1953