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Quimper, Jefferson County, Washington, USA

FormationQuimper
Age:38.0 - 28.1 Ma
Paleogene
IntervalPriabonian
Lithologyconglomerate, conglomerate/sandstone, sandstone/"shale", sandstone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences24

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
A-1802 Woodmans WharfJefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper
A-1808 Mats-Mats BayJefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper
Sandstone and shale sea cliffs along W. shore of Oak BayJefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper
NP 125Jefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper
UCMP A3702Jefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper
CSUN 1225 west side of Oak BayJefferson County, Washington, USAQuimper

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Macrocheira longirostra
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Inachidae : Macrocheira : Macrocheira longirostra38 - 28.1 Ma
Paleogene
Megokkos alaskensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Camptandriidae : Megokkos : Megokkos alaskensis38 - 28.1 Ma
Paleogene
Pilodius vulgaris
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Xanthidae : Pilodius : Pilodius vulgaris38 - 28.1 Ma
Paleogene
Caryophyllia woodmanensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia : Caryophyllia woodmanensis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Paracyathus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Paracyathus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Trochocyathus townsendensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Trochocyathus : Trochocyathus townsendensis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Balanophyllia fulleri
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia fulleri38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Tubastraea nomlandi
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Tubastraea : Tubastraea nomlandi38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Petrophyllia weaveri
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Oculinidae : Petrophyllia : Petrophyllia weaveri38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Astrangia clarki
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Rhizangiidae : Astrangia : Astrangia clarki38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Siderastrea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Stylaster milleri
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Anthoathecata : Stylasteridae : Stylaster : Stylaster milleri38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Aturia grandior
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia grandior38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Scalina : Acrilla (Ferminoscala) becki38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Epitonium : Epitonium (Boreoscala) condoni38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Cypraeogemmula warnerae
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Cypraeogemmula : Cypraeogemmula warnerae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Erginus vaderensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Lottiidae : Erginus : Erginus vaderensis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Praehyalocylis cretacea
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pteropoda : Cavoliniidae : Praehyalocylis : Praehyalocylis cretacea38 - 28.1 Ma
Paleogene
Stenoplax quimperensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Ischnochitonidae : Stenoplax : Stenoplax quimperensis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155
Schenck H. G. (1931) Cephalopods of the genus Aturia from western North America, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19, 435-490
Durham J. W. (1937) Gastropods of the Family Epitoniidae from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks of the West Coast of North America, including One New Species by F. E. Turner and One by R. A. Bramkamp, Journal of Paleontology 11 6, 479-512
Durham J. W. (1942) Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington, Journal of Paleontology 16 1, 84-104
Miller A. K., Downs H. R. (1950) Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement, Journal of Paleontology 24, 1-18
Lindberg D. R. (1987) Recent and fossil species of the genus Erginus from the north Pacific Ocean (Patellogastropoda: Mollusca), PaleoBios 12 46, 1-7
Squires R. L. (1989) Pteropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Tertiary Formations of Washington and Oregon, Journal of Paleontology 63 4, 443-448
Squires R. L., Goedert J. L., et al (1996) Protoconch of the Rare Ovulid Gastropod Cypraeogemmula warnerae Effinger, 1938, from the Eocene of Western Washington, The Veliger 39 2, 136-141
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (1999) Fossil decapod crustaceans from the late Oligocene to early Miocene Pysht Formation and late Oligocene Quimper Sandstone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Annals of Carnegie Museum 68 4, 215-273
Dell'Angelo B., Bonfitto A., et al (2011) Chitons (Polyplacophora) from Paleogene Strata in Western Washington State, U.S.A., Journal of Paleontology 85 5, 936-954
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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