Olele Point: Oligocene, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hydrozoa
- Stylasterina
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Stylaster milleri
Durham 1942
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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? Nuculana merriami
(Dickerson 1917)
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| recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) merriami | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Volsella cf. trinominata
(Hanna 1924)
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| original and current combination Modiolus trinominata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea griesensis
Effinger 1938
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| recombined as Acutostrea griesensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen townsendensis
(Clark 1925)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Plagiocardium lincolnensis
(Weaver 1916)
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| recombined as Nemocardium lincolnensis | ||||||||||
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Nemocardium weaveri
(Anderson and Martin 1914)
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| recombined as Anechinocardium weaveri | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina pittsburgensis
Clark 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula bentsonae n. sp.
Durham 1944
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Molopophorus effingeri
Effinger 1938
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Perse sp.
Clark 1918
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium condoni
(Dall 1909)
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| subspecies hadlockense, janerobertsae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea diegoana
(Conrad 1855)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon parvum
Dickerson 1917
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander stewarti
Durham 1944
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium porterensis
Weaver 1912
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | Jefferson |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 122.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 113.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Quimper |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 208143 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-03-21 16:52:03 | Last modified: | 2020-03-21 16:52:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-03-21 16:52:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65963. | J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212 [P. Holroyd/E. Orzechowski] |