Helsing Junction: Chattian, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Aetiocetidae
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Salishicetus meadi n. gen., n. sp.
Peredo and Pyenson 2018
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1 specimen | |||||||||
UWBM 50004 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington |
Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 123.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.5° North, 114.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
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: | 185376 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2017-04-20 15:02:29 | Last modified: | 2017-04-20 15:02:29 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2019-04-20 15:02:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
62159. | C. M. Peredo and N. D. Pyenson. 2018. Salishicetus meadi, a new aetiocetid from the late Oligocene of Washington State and implications for feeding transitions in early mysticete evolution. Royal Society Open Science 5(4):172336 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/C. Peredo] |