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LACM IP12326 Menlo, Pacific County, Washington, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 46.6,-123.6 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Washington, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Pacific County, Washington, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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LACM IP12326 Menlo | Squires R. L., Goedert J. L. (1991) | Lincoln Creek | W. W. Rau (1990, personal commun.), on the basis of benthic foraminifera, has assigned this siltstone to the foraminiferal upper Refugian Stage (late Eocene). Age confirmed by Nesbitt (2018). | "limestone" | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Thyasira folgeri species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Thyasiridae : Thyasira : Thyasira folgeri | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Modiolus (Modiolus) willapensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Bathymodiolus : Bathymodiolus willapaensis | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Vesicomyidae : Vesicomya (Calyptogena) : Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Naticidae family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
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!