The Gable Creek Formation is a sedimentary rock formation from the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous. The formation is in Wheeler County, Oregon of the United States of America and is intertongued with the similarly aged Hudspeth Formation. The formation mostly consists of fluvial-deltaic sandstones and conglomerates. Marine fossils can be found throughout the formation including various species of ammonites, clams and other mollusks. The Gable Creek Formation gets its name from Gable Creek, a creek that runs through much of the formation.
Fossil content Ammonites of the Gable Creek Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Desmoceras D. alamoense Oregon shell D. alamoense can be found in the nearby Hudspeth Formation as well D. voyi Oregon D. berryae Oregon Anisoceras A. merriami Oregon Tetragonites T. timotheus Oregon Oxytropidoceras O. packardi Oregon Lechites L. gaudini Oregon Mortoniceras M. perinflatum Oregon Tragodesmoceras T. ashlandicum Oregon Binneyites B. parkensis Oregon
Other invertebrates Non-ammonite invertebrates of the Gable Creek Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Yaadia Y. whiteavesi Oregon Y. leana Oregon A common species in the Gable Creek Formation Volutoderma V. blakei Oregon Lunatia L. halli Oregon Natica N. allisoni Oregon Pseudomelania P. colusaensis Oregon Turritella T. hearni Oregon Trochacteon T. allisoni Oregon Nerinea N. stewarti Oregon Cucullaea C. truncata Oregon external molds and clam shells Parallelodon P. brewereanus Oregon Pachycardium P. remondianum Oregon Corbula C. parilis Oregon Volsella V. sikiyouensis Oregon Nucula N. truncata Oregon Acila A. demessa Oregon Aucellina A. dawlingi Oregon Syncyclonema S. latum Oregon Cercomya C. hesperia Oregon Periplomya P. oregonensis Oregon Pterotrigonia P. evansana Oregon Clam shells in various states of preservation Tenea T. inflata Oregon Anatina A. tryoniana Oregon Cymbophora C. gabbiana Oregon Solecurtus S. chapmani Oregon Meekia M. chapmani Oregon Tellina T. paralis Oregon Calva C. nitida Oregon Flaventia F. zeta Oregon Venus Indeterminate Oregon Terebratella T. allisoni Oregon Dentalium D. californianum Oregon
See also Paleontology in Oregon
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Sedimentary rocks of Oregon - Hudspeth & Gable Creek Formations