UW 1, Lincoln Creek Formation (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Lewis County, Washington (46.4° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 110.6° W)

When: Echinophoria fax zone other zone, Lincoln Creek Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• age after Nesbitt (2018)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. A. Nesbitt. 2018. Cenozoic Marine Formations of Washington and Oregon: an annotated catalogue. PaleoBios 35:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202067: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acrilla berthiaumei Durham 1937 wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
"Crepidula dickersoni" = Spirocrypta pileum
"Crepidula dickersoni" = Spirocrypta pileum Gabb 1864 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subsp. olequahensis & stewarti
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus wshingtonensis" = Rimella, "Ectinochilus elongata" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus wshingtonensis" = Rimella true conch
"Ectinochilus elongata" = Rimella true conch
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 murex snail
Murex packardi Dickerson 1915 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Polinices weaveri" = Neverita (Neverita) globosa Gabb 1869 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis
"Ostrea idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar eocenica venus clam
Pitar californiana venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Loxocardium olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis
"Loxocardium olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis Weaver 1912 cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia hornii Gabb 1864 clam
subsp. clarki
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila decisa Conrad 1855 divaricate nutclam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell