Nestucca Formation
Nestucca Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Bartonian-Priabonian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone |
Other | Sandstone, shale |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45°12′N 124°00′W / 45.2°N 124.0°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 45°30′N 111°42′W / 45.5°N 111.7°W |
Region | Tillamook County, Oregon |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Nestucca River |
The Nestucca Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bartonian to Priabonian stages of the Eocene period.[1]
Fossil content[edit]
The formation has provided fossils of:[1]
Vertebrates[edit]
- Mammals
- Fish
Invertebrates[edit]
- Gastropods
- Bivalves
- Decapods
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Hickman, C. S. 2018. A new Calliovarica species (Seguenzioidea: Chilodontidae) from the Eocene of Oregon, USA: Persistence of a relict Mesozoic gastropod group in a unique forearc tectonic setting. PaleoBios 35. 1–10. .
- Feldmann, R. M. 1989. Lyreidus alseanus Rathbun from the Paleogene of Washington and Oregon, U.S.A.. Annals of Carnegie Museum 58. 61–70. .
- Welton, B. J. 1974. Heptranchias howellii (Reed, 1946) (Selachii: Hexanchidae) in the Eocene of the United States and British Columbia. PaleoBios 17. 1–15. .
- Welton, B. J. 1972. Fossil sharks in Oregon. The Ore Bin 34. 161–170. .
- Vokes, H. E. 1956. Notes on the Nucinellidae (Pelecypoda) with description of a new species from the Eocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 30. 652–671. .