Also known as LACMIP Loc. 41553; LACMIP loc. 16657
Where: Grays Harbor County, Washington (47.3° N, 123.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 104.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Crescent Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, green, calcareous conglomerate and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: R. L. Squires and J. L. Goedert. 1994. Macropaleontology of the Eocene Crescent Formation in the Little River Area, Southern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 444:1-32 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5544: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 12.10.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Palaeohypotodus sp. Glükman 1964 sand tiger shark | |
Thecostraca | |
Aporolepas sp. Withers 1953 barnacle | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Gryphus ? sp. Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811 | |
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Craniata | |
Craniscus edwilsoni n. sp.
Craniscus edwilsoni n. sp. | |
Polychaeta | |
"Rotularia tejonense" = Rotularia (Rotularia) tejonense
"Rotularia tejonense" = Rotularia (Rotularia) tejonense Arnold 1909 | |
Bivalvia | |
Acila decisa Conrad 1855 divaricate nutclam | |
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle | |
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni
"Corbula dickersoni" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 clam | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
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"Glycymeris fresnoensis" = Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis, "Glycymeris sagittata" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata, Glycymeris sp.
"Glycymeris fresnoensis" = Glycymeris (Tucetona) fresnoensis Dickerson 1916 clam
"Glycymeris sagittata" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Gabb 1864 clam | |
Spondylus carlosensis Anderson 1905 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Nayadina batequensis Squires 1990 oyster | |
Brachidontes cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Erginus vaderensis Lindberg 1979 limpet | |
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Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Eratotrivia crescentensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 snail | |
Lyria andersoni Waring 1917 volute | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Colwellia sp. Nuttall and Cooper 1973 snail | |
Tenagodus bajaensis Squires 1990 snail | |
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Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Hexactinellida | |
Aphrocallistes ? sp. Gray 1858 glass sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
? Leptastrea hertleini Durham 1942 stony coral | |
Flabellum californicum Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Trochocyathus crooki Merriam and Turner 1937 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia variabilis Nomland 1916 stony coral |