Cape Blanco (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Curry County, Oregon (42.8° N, 124.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 124.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elk River Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone

• shallow, offshore, cold-water environment; calm, shallow, unrestricted bay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Repenning. 1976. Enhydra and Enhydriodon from the Pacific Coast of North America. Journal of Research of the United States Geological Survey 4(3):305-315 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20276: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "Early Pleistocene"
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra sp. Fleming 1822 sea otter
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. eared seal
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus cf. californicus Merriam 1912 tapir