Astoria Formation
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| name = Astoria Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| age = Miocene
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| region = Washington, Oregon
| country = United States
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| subunits = From top to bottom:
- Big Creek sandstone member
- Newport sandstone member
- Silver Point mudstone member
- Angora Peak sandstone member
| underlies = Montesano Formation
| overlies = Lincoln Creek Formation
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The Astoria Formation (formerly known as the Astoria shales) is a geologic formation in Washington state & Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene (but was formerly thought to date to the Oligocene).{{Cite web |title=Geolex — Astoria publications |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/AstoriaRefs_4613.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=ngmdb.usgs.gov}}
Description
The Astoria Formation is a thick marine formation representing a near shore, relatively shallow-water shelf deposit. The formation spans a considerable amount of time, with its base considered to be lower boundary of Newportian Stage (late Early Miocene) & its top to be upper boundary of Newportian Stage (middle Middle Miocene).
Fossil content
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=Mammals=
==Carnivorans==
==Cetaceans==
==Perissodactyls==
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
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Aphelops
|A. sp. | |Fragment of skull (USNM 187123). |A rhinoceros. | ||||
Tylocephalonyx
|T. sp. |Iron Mountain Bed, Lincoln County, Oregon.{{Cite journal |last=Coombs |first=Margery Chalifoux |date=1979 |title=Tylocephalonyx, a new genus of North American dome-skulled chalicotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). |url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1041 |journal=Bulletin of the AMNH |language=en-US |volume=164 |issue=1 |pages=1–64|hdl=2246/1041 }} |A chalicothere. | |
=Birds=
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Genus | Species | Presence
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Diomedeidae
|Gen. et. sp. indet. |East of Knappton, Washington.{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Goedert |first2=James L. |date=July 2017 |title=Oligocene and Miocene albatross fossils from Washington State (USA) and the evolutionary history of North Pacific Diomedeidae |journal=The Auk |language=en |volume=134 |issue=3 |pages=659–671 |doi=10.1642/AUK-17-32.1 |s2cid=89636332 |issn=0004-8038|doi-access=free }} |Partial skeleton (SMF Av 644). |An albatross. | |
=Cartilaginous fish=
See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Oregon|Paleontology}}
References
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- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
- {{Cite book|last=Moore|first=E.|date=1963|chapter=Miocene marine mollusks from the Astoria formation in Oregon|series=Professional Paper |doi=10.3133/PP419|s2cid=127613845 |doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal|date=1974|title=Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Onion Peak area, Clatsop County, Oregon|url=https://core.ac.uk/display/4848424|language=en-gb}}
Category:Neogene geology of Washington (state)
Category:Neogene geology of Oregon
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