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Astoria - Silver Point, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
Formation | Astoria |
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Member | Silver Point |
Age: | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene |
Interval | Burdigalian |
Lithology | siliciclastic, "shale" |
Number of Collections | 4 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Between First and Thirteenth streets | Clatsop County, Oregon, USA | Astoria - Silver Point |
Bluffs between 20th and 21st street | Clatsop County, Oregon, USA | Astoria - Silver Point |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Astoria | 16.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | sandstone, "shale"/sandstone, siltstone, siltstone/"shale", "shale", "shale"/siltstone, mudstone | 405 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aturia angustata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia angustata | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
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!