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Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon

Year: 1976

Type: report

Abstract: The first recorded collection of fossils from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation was identified by W. H. Dall in 1896 and was assigned to the Oligocene. This was the first marine fauna on the Pacific coast to be assigned to the Oligocene. Although the fauna was briefly regarded as Eocene in the early 1900's, it has since been referred to the Oligocene, then more precisely to the middle Oligocene, an assignment that still stands.

Source: USGS professional paper

DOI: 10.3133/pp922

Author: Ellen James Moore

Institutions: United States Geological Survey, University of Oregon, University of Washington, California Academy of Sciences, University of California System, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W62275680

Cites: 48

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10