Big Creek, south (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Oregon (44.6° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Nye Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• possibly from the lower Astoria Fm.

•age after Poust & Boessenecker (2018)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; mudstone

• unique low-delta microenvironment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Berta. 1991. New Enaliacrtos* (Pinnipedimorpha) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Oregon and the role of "enaliarctids" in pinniped phylogeny. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 69:1-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58993: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.03.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora -
Pinnarctidion rayi n. sp.1, cf. Pinnarctidion rayi1, Enaliarctos emlongi n. sp.
Pinnarctidion rayi n. sp.1 Berta 1994 pinniped
cf. Pinnarctidion rayi1 Berta 1994 pinniped
Enaliarctos emlongi n. sp. Berta 1991 pinniped
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Kolponomos newportensis n. sp.3
Kolponomos newportensis n. sp.3 Tedford et al. 1994 bear
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet.2
Cetotheriidae indet.2 Brandt 1872 whale
1Berta 1994; 2Packard and Kellogg 1934; 3Tedford et al. 1994