Kirby Creek, east: Chattian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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Desmostylus sookensis n. sp.
Cornwall 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Cornwallius sookensis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Chimaeridae
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Canadodus suntoki n. gen., n. sp.
Popov et al. 2020
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Popov et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Trimusculidae
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Gadinia reticulata
Sowerby 1835
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Trimusculus reticulata | ||||||||||
| n. subspecies sookensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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Goniobasis sookensis
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Cerithidea newcombei
Clark and Arnold 1923
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| recombined as Cerithiopsis newcombei | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Agasoma acuminatum
Anderson and Martin 1914
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Siphonaliidae
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Searlesia branneri n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Calicantharus branneri | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Antiplanes muirensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sookensis
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Mytilus sammamishensis
Weaver 1912
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) matthewsonii
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mytiloconcha | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlamys cornwalli | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Pododesmus newcombei
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pododesmus (Monia) newcombei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris vancouverensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sookensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Clinocardium sookensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele vancouverensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Metis vancouverensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| synonym of Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata | ||||||||||
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Tellina vancouverensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis
(Hinds 1844)
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Megangulus bodegensis | ||||||||||
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Tellina oregonensis
Conrad 1848
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Tellina | ||||||||||
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Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Macoma sookensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta cf. stephensoni
Clark 1918
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona vancouverensis
(Merriam 1897)
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pitar vancouverensis | ||||||||||
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Saxidomus newcombei
(Merriam 1897)
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Chione vancouverensis
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Securella vancouverensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mesodesmatidae
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Myadesma dalli
Clark 1922
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula (Hemimactra) hannibali n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mactromeris hannibali | ||||||||||
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Mulinia newcombei n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudocardium newcombei | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Cyrene (Corbicula) sookensis n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Corbicula sookensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Platyodon cf. cancellatus
(Conrad 1837)
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Cryptomya quadrata
Arnold 1909
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| subspecies vancouverensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Zirfaea sp.
Gray 1842
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen clallamensis
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides columbianum n. sp.
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lucinoma columbiana | ||||||||||
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Polyplacophora
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Oligochiton lioplax n. gen., n. sp.
Berry 1922
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Berry 1922 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia | County: | Vancouver Island |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 123.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 115.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sooke |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | CAS 231, GSC 317, GSC 1144, NP 129, Cornwall B | ||
| Database number: | 63087 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-04 14:27:41 | Last modified: | 2023-05-15 09:15:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-04 14:27:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18169. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 5965 | B. L. Beatty. 2023. Further desmostylian remains from the upper Oligocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] | |
| 71234 | S. S. Berry. 1922. Fossil chitons of Western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11(18):399-526 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 71158 | B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 74097 | E. V. Popov, M. J. Johns, and S. Suntok. 2020. A new genus of chimaerid fish (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) from the upper Oligocene Sooke Formation of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1772275 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |