Mist crinoid locality CR (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Columbia County, Oregon (46.0° N, 123.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 112.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: offshore; concretionary, tuffaceous siltstone and argillaceous mudstone

• deep-water, concretionary, tuffaceous siltstones and clayey mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Burns, K. A. Campbell, and R. Mooi. 2005. Exceptional crinoid occurrences and associated carbonates of the Keasey Formation (Early Oligocene) at Mist, Oregon, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227:210-231 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56954: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Asteroidea indet., Opiuroidea indet., Archax sp., Conochocele sp., Pteropoda indet., Chondrichthyes indet., Osteichthyes indet., Plantae indet.
Asteroidea indet.
starfish of Blake (1973)
Chondrichthyes indet.
shark teeth of Welton (1979)
Osteichthyes indet.
fish scales of David (1956)
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
leaves
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp.
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam