Emlong 718: Rupelian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Simocetidae
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Simocetus rayi n. gen., n. sp.
Fordyce 2002
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon | County: | Lincoln |
Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 123.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 113.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Alsea |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Database number: | 45669 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-11-22 08:55:57 | Last modified: | 2023-04-13 15:57:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-22 08:55:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12043. | R. E. Fordyce. 2002. Simocetus rayi (Odontoceti, Simocetidae, new family); a bizarre new archaic Oligocene dolphin from the eastern North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:185-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
16541 | D. R. Prothero, C. Z. Bitboul, G. W. Moore and A. R. Niem. 2001. Magnetic stratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the Oligocene Alsea, Yaquina, and Nye Formations, Lincoln County, Oregon. Pacific Section SEPM Special Publication 91:184-200 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |