Where: Mason County, Washington (47.3° N, 123.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 112.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lincoln Creek Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. L. Goedert and J. Peckmann. 2005. Corals from deep-water methane-seep deposits in Paleogene strata of western Oregon and Washington, USA. In A. Freiwald, J. M. Roberts (eds.), Cold-water corals and ecosystems 27-40 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91620: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.10.2009, edited by Mark Uhen