Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.6° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 113.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. E. Fordyce. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:185-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45669: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2004

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