Community hub
0 subscribers8 pages, 0 posts
Recent from talks
All channels
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Contribute something
Welcome to the community hub built to collect knowledge and have discussions related to Pysht Formation.
Nothing was collected or created yet.
Pysht Formation
View on Wikipediafrom Wikipedia
The Pysht Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period, which appear to have been deposited in an offshore marine environment. Outcrops are present on the northern Olympic Peninsula, in Clallam County.[1]
Key Information
Fossil content
[edit]Based on the Paleobiology Database:[2]
Cartilaginous fish
[edit]| Cartilaginous fish of the Pysht Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Somniosus | S. gonzalezi | A sleeper shark. | 
| ||
Mammals
[edit]| Mammals of the Pysht Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| cf. Allodesmus | A. sp. | A desmatophocid pinniped. | 
| ||
| Behemotops | B. proteus | The most basal known desmostylian. Type locality for genus and species. | 
| ||
| Borealodon | B. oseax | A stem-baleen whale. Type locality for genus and species.[3] | |||
| Fucaia | F. goedertorum | An aetiocetid baleen whale. | |||
| ?Kronokotherium | K. sp. | A desmostylian. | |||
| Olympicetus | O. avitus | Two partial skulls belonging to a juvenile and a neonate, including part of the dentition and a tympanic bulla | A simocetid toothed whale. Type locality for genus and species.[4][5] | 
| |
| O. thalassodon | Posterior part of skull | ||||
| Pinnarctidion | P. iverseni | A nearly complete skull and limited postcrania (SDSNH 146624).[6] | A pan-pinniped. | ||
| Sitsqwayk | S. cornishorum | Partial skull, tympanic bullae, mandibles and postcrania.[7] | An basal baleen whale. Type locality for genus and species.[7] | ||
Birds
[edit]| Birds of the Pysht Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Klallamornis | K. buchanani | A plotopterid suliform.[8] | 
| ||
| Tonsala | T. hildegardae | A plotopterid suliform.[9] | 
| ||
Crustaceans
[edit]| Crustaceans of the Pysht Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Presence | Material | Notes | Images |
| Upogebia | U. barti | Locality RB 18.[10] | Multiple specimens.[10] | An upogebiid mud shrimp. | |
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "Geolex — Pysht publications". ngmdb.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ Czaplewski, John J. "PBDB Navigator". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ Shipps, B. K.; Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Pyenson, Nicholas D. (2019). "Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (7) 182168. doi:10.1098/rsos.182168. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6689636. PMID 31417706.
- ^ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2017). "A new stem odontocete from the late Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5) e1366916. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E6916V. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1366916. S2CID 90151706.
- ^ Velez-Juarbe, J. (2023). "New heterodont odontocetes from the Oligocene Pysht Formation in Washington State, U.S.A., and a reevaluation of Simocetidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ. 11 e15576. doi:10.7717/peerj.15576. PMC 10292202. PMID 37377790.
- ^ Everett, Christopher J.; Deméré, Thomas A.; Wyss, André R. (2023-03-23). "A new species of Pinnarctidion from the Pysht Formation of Washington State (U.S.A.) and a phylogenetic analysis of basal pan-pinnipeds (Eutheria, Carnivora)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (3) e2178930. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2178930. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 257731013.
- ^ a b Peredo, Carlos Mauricio; Uhen, Mark D. (2016-11-01). "A new basal chaeomysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene Pysht Formation of Washington, USA". Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (4): 533–554. doi:10.1002/spp2.1051. ISSN 2056-2802.
- ^ Mayr, G.; Goedert, J. L. (2016). "Eocene and Oligocene remains of the flightless, penguin-like plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) from Western Washington State". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): 1–18. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E3573M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1163573. S2CID 88129671.
- ^ Olson, S. L. (1980). "A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae)". Contributions in Science. 330: 51–57. doi:10.5962/p.208144. S2CID 4803730.
- ^ a b Fraaije, R. (January 2006). "Two new Paleogene species of mud shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Upogebiidae) from Europe and North America". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (33): 81–89.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
 | This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Washington is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |