Muir Creek (Oligocene of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 123.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 53.0° N, 109.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (27.3 - 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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Odontoceti  indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale 
Mysticeti  indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
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| "Chrysodomus  dirus" = Kelletia (Searlesia) dira4
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| ? Tapes  sp.4, "Cytherea  vancouverensis" = Pitar vancouverensis4, "Cytherea  ? newcombei" = Saxidomus newcombei4
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| "Pectunculus  patulus" = Lucinoma acutilineata4
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