Also known as LACM 5123

Where: Clallam County, Washington (48.2° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 113.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pysht Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• lower part of Pysht Formation; Prothero et al. (2001) place the lower Pysht in the early Oligocene (=Rupelian)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

• Osedax boreholes

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and J. L. Goedert. 2001. Stratigraphy and paleoecology of Oligocene and Miocene desmostylian occurrences in Western Washington State, U.S.A. Bulletin of the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology 2:7-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58964: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2006