LACMVP 6290 (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Matlock

Where: Mason County, Washington (47.2° N, 123.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lincoln Creek Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and J. L. Goedert. 2000. The world's oldest known odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):28A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45812: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale