Muir Creek (Oligocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 115.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone

• backbeach pond

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Cornwall. 1922. Some notes on the Sooke Formation, Vancouver Island, B.C. Canadian Field Naturalist 36(7):121-123 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63086: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.08.2006, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Cornwallius sookensis2
Cornwallius sookensis2 Cornwall 1922 desmostylian
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet., Mysticeti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
Gastropoda
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Patella geometrica" = Acmaea geometrica4, Acmaea mitra4
"Patella geometrica" = Acmaea geometrica4 Merriam 1897 limpet
Acmaea mitra4 Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp.4
Bittium sp.4 Gray 1847 cerith snail
sp. nov. ?
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea sp.4, "Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica4
Cerithidea sp.4 Swainson 1840 horn snail
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica4 Haldeman 1840 horn snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp.4, Crepidula sp.3, "Trochita inornata" = Calyptraea inornata4
Crepidula sp.4 Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crepidula sp.3 Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
"Trochita inornata" = Calyptraea inornata4 Gabb 1869 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum scopulosum4
Sinum scopulosum4 Conrad 1849 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus sp.4, Bullia buccinoides4, "Nassa newcombei" = Molopophorus newcombei4
Fusus sp.4 Bruguière 1789 snail
sp. nov. 1 and 2
Bullia buccinoides4 Merriam 1897 snail
"Nassa newcombei" = Molopophorus newcombei4 Merriam 1897 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Chrysodomus dirus4
Chrysodomus dirus4 Reeve 1846 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia impressa4
Yoldia impressa4 Conrad 1849 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis4
Mytilus edulis4 Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli" = Chlamys cornwalli1, Pecten aequisulcatiis4, Pecten hastalus4
"Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli" = Chlamys cornwalli1 Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop
Pecten hastalus4 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunanomia macroschisma4
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.4
Cardium sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Tapes sp.4, "Cytherea vancouverensis" = Pitar vancouverensis4, "Cytherea ? newcombei" = Saxidomus newcombei4
? Tapes sp.4 Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Cytherea vancouverensis" = Pitar vancouverensis4 Merriam 1897 venus clam
"Cytherea ? newcombei" = Saxidomus newcombei4 Merriam 1897 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Pectunculus patulus" = Lucinoma acutilineata4
"Pectunculus patulus" = Lucinoma acutilineata4 Conrad 1849 clam
1Clark and Arnold 1923; 2Hay 1923; 3Hendy 2020; 4Merriam 1899