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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Simocetus rayi n. gen. n. sp.
Simocetus rayi n. gen. n. sp. Fordyce 2002 toothed whale |