Nestucca Formation

Nestucca Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bartonian-Priabonian
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TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
OtherSandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates45°12′N 124°00′W / 45.2°N 124.0°W / 45.2; -124.0
Approximate paleocoordinates45°30′N 111°42′W / 45.5°N 111.7°W / 45.5; -111.7
RegionTillamook County, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forNestucca River
Nestucca Formation (the United States)
Nestucca Formation (Oregon)

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

The formation has provided fossils of:[1]

Vertebrates

Mammals
Fish

Invertebrates

Gastropods
  • Calliovarica oregonensis[4]
Bivalves
  • Nucinella oregona[5]
Decapods

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Nestucca Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b c d Welton, 1972
  3. ^ a b Welton, 1974
  4. ^ Hickman, 2018
  5. ^ Vokes, 1956
  6. ^ Feldmann, 1989

Bibliography

  • 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, doi:10.5070/P9351038726
  • Feldmann, R. M (1989), "Lyreidus alseanus Rathbun from the Paleogene of Washington and Oregon, U.S.A.", Annals of Carnegie Museum, 58: 61–70, Bibcode:1989AnCM...58...61F, doi:10.5962/p.330566
  • 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
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