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First report of the megathyridid (Terebratellidina) brachiopod Argyrotheca from a hydrocarbon seep deposit, middle Eocene Humptulips Formation, Washington State, USA

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A single terebratulide brachiopod valve found in a middle Eocene limestone deposit in the Humptulips Formation in western Washington State is the first record of a megathyridid brachiopod in a hydrocarbon seep deposit, the first fossil record of the genus Argyrotheca in western North America, and the northernmost record for Argyrotheca from the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Sandra Klautzsch (Hann. Münden, Germany) and Gail H. Goedert (deceased) helped to collect materials from the field. Figure 1 is based on an original figure prepared by Anja Peckmann (Hamburg, Germany). We are grateful to Gerhard Schmiedl (Hamburg, Germany) for producing the photomicrographs of the brachiopod. We are extremely grateful to M. Aleksandra Bitner (Warszawa, Poland) and Mike Reich (Munich, Germany) for comments which greatly improved the manuscript.

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Goedert, J.L., Sandy, M.R. & Peckmann, J. First report of the megathyridid (Terebratellidina) brachiopod Argyrotheca from a hydrocarbon seep deposit, middle Eocene Humptulips Formation, Washington State, USA. PalZ 95, 97–103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-020-00536-5

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