Elk River Formation
73 distinct taxa, from 78 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 2.6–0.0 Mya.
Oregon · US
73 taxa · 78 fossils · 2.6–0.0 MyaMacrostrat dates this rock 5.3–0 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister
- Nucella
- Acipenser medirostris
- Ammodytes hexapterus
- Amphissa columbiana
- Anorthoscutum oregonensis
- Antiplanes thalea
- Beringraja binoculata
- Boreotrophon stuarti
- Buccinum strigillatum
- Caesia
- Caesia perpinguis
- Callianax biplicata
- Callianax pedroana
- Calliostoma ligatum
- Calyptraea fastigiata
- Cancer coosensis
- Cancer productus
- Cidarina cidaris
- Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii
- Coanicardita ventricosa
- Cryptacanthodes aleutensis
- Cryptomya californica
- Cryptonatica affinis
- Enhydra
- Euspira draconis
- Euspira pallida
- Fusitriton oregonensis
- Glebocarcinus oregonensis
- Glyptocephalus zachirus
- Hemithyris psittacea
- Hirtoscala hindsii
- Lacuna (Epheria) carinata
- Lepeta concentrica
- Leukoma staminea
- Macoma (Macoma) inquinata
- Macoma nasuta
- Macrouridae
- Mactromeris albaria
- Mactromeris polynyma
The 40 most often recorded, of 73.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.