Where: Washington (47.7° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 103.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Crescent Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Late early Eocene; Penutian stage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 2013. West Coast North America record of the Paleogene marine stromboid gastropod Rimella and paleobiogeography of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):826-841 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 209633: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Rimella oregonensis Turner 1938 true conch |