Nestucca Formation

Nestucca Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bartonian-Priabonian ~40–34  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Sandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates	45°12′N124°00′W / 45.2°N 124.0°W / 45.2; -124.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	45°30′N111°42′W / 45.5°N 111.7°W / 45.5; -111.7
Region	Tillamook County, Oregon
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Nestucca River
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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

• Mammalia indet. ^[2]

Fish

• Heptranchias howelli ^[3]
• Galeocerdo sp. ^[2]
• Raja sp. ^[2]
• Isurus sp. ^[2]

Invertebrates

Gastropods

• Calliovarica oregonensis ^[4]

Bivalves

• Nucinella oregona ^[5]

Decapods

• Macroacaena alseanus ^{[3] [6]}

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
• Paleontology in Oregon
• Alsea Formation

References

1. Nestucca Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Welton, 1972
3. 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