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New early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) mollusks from Oregon

Richard L. Squires and Louella R. Saul
New early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) mollusks from Oregon
Journal of Paleontology (January 2002) 76 (1): 43-51

Abstract

Four new molluscan species, a bivalve and three gastropods, are named from shallow-marine, lower Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian Stage) strata in Oregon. The laternulid bivalve Cercomya (Cercomya) hesperia new species is from the Bernard Formation in east-central Oregon and from the Osburger Gulch Sandstone Member of the Hornbrook Formation in southwest Oregon. It is the first Cenomanian record of this genus. The iteriid gastropods, Vernedia pacifica new species and Sogdianella oregonensis new species, are from unnamed Cenomanian strata in east-central Oregon and represent the first records of these genera in western North America. The actaeonellid gastropod Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites) allisoni new species from these same deposits represents the first record of this genus in Oregon. The new species of Cercomya sensu stricto, Vernedia, and neocylindrites are very similar to western European species, and the new species of Sogdianella is most similar to a Peruvian species.


ISSN: 0022-3360
EISSN: 1937-2337
Coden: JPALAZ
Serial Title: Journal of Paleontology
Serial Volume: 76
Serial Issue: 1
Title: New early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) mollusks from Oregon
Affiliation: California State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Northridge, CA, United States
Pages: 43-51
Published: 200201
Text Language: English
Publisher: Paleontological Society, Lawrence, KS, United States
References: 85
Accession Number: 2002-020759
Categories: Invertebrate paleontology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Annotation: Includes appendix
Illustration Description: illus.
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Secondary Affiliation: National History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA, United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 200208

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