Cape Blanco, south: Pleistocene, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
? Zalophus sp. Gill 1866
Barnes et al. 2006
Zalophus californianus (Lesson 1828)
Boessenecker 2013
? Callorhinus sp. Gray 1859
Barnes et al. 2006
Proterozetes ulysses n. gen., n. sp. Barnes et al. 2006
Barnes et al. 2006 1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca cf. vitulina Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra sp. Fleming 1822
Barnes et al. 2006
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Barnes et al. 2006
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Barnes et al. 2006
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera cf. acutorostrata Lacépède 1804
Barnes et al. 2006
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Barnes et al. 2006
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Barnes et al. 2006
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes sp. Miller 1925
Boessenecker 2013
unclassified
Teleosti indet. (Müller 1846)
Barnes et al. 2006
spelled with current rank as Teleostei
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Boessenecker 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oregon County:Curry
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 124.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° North, 124.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Port Orford
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Geology comments: strong bottom currents
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP,USNM
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-6922, UCMP V99574
Database number:59062
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-03-08 11:52:27 Last modified:2017-02-26 16:04:51
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-08 11:52:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16773. L. G. Barnes and E. D. Mitchell. 1975. Late Cenozoic northeast pacific Phocidae. Rapports et Proces-verbaux des Reunions 169:34-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

24917 L. G. Barnes, C. E. Ray, and I. Koretsky. 2006. A new Pliocene sea lion, Proterozetes ulysses (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Oregon, U.S.A. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Vertebrates and Paleoenvironments 57-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
47780 R. W. Boessenecker. 2013. Taphonomic implications of barnacle encrusted sea lion bones from the Middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation, coastal Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 87(4):657-663 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]