Yaquina Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Oregon, U.S.}}
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| age = Chattian
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| region = Lincoln County, Oregon
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The Yaquina Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
Fossil content
=Mammals=
==Carnivorans==
==Cetaceans==
==Desmostylians==
=Fish=
==Bony fish==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Bony fish reported from the Yaquina Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Paleobathygadus
|P. yaguinensis |Southwest edge of Waldport.{{Cite journal |last=David |first=Lore Rose |date=1956 |title=Tertiary Anacanthin Fishes from California and the Pacific Northwest; Their Paleoecological Significance |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1300292 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=568–607 |jstor=1300292 |issn=0022-3360}} |A bathygadid also known from the Toledo Formation. | | ||||
rowspan=2|Promacrurus
|P. alseanus |South side of Alsea Bay. |A macrourid. | | ||||
P. oregonensis
|Southwest edge of Walport. |A macrourid. | | ||||
Pyknolepidus
|P. macrospinosus |South side of Alsea Bay. |A macrourid. | |
==Sharks==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Sharks reported from the Yaquina Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Megachasma
| Upper member, Ona Beach State Park, Lincoln County, Oregon.{{Cite journal |last1=Shimada |first1=Kenshu |last2=Welton |first2=Bruce J. |last3=Long |first3=Douglas J. |date=March 2014 |title=A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2013.803975 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=281–290 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.803975 |bibcode=2014JVPal..34..281S |s2cid=83949683 |issn=0272-4634}} |2 teeth (LACM 122120 and 122121). | A megamouth shark also known from the Jewett Sand, Skooner Gulch & Nye Mudstone formations. | |
See also
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Oregon|Paleontology}}
References
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Sources
- {{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}}
{{coord missing|Oregon}}
Category:Paleogene geology of Oregon
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