Blakeburn Mine (Eocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.5° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 54.2° N, 104.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Allenby Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Mayr, S. B. Archibald, G. W. Kaiser and R. W. Mathewes. 2019. Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State (USA). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:803-813 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204404: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.09.2019, edited by Karl Volkman

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Percopsiformes - Percopsidae
Libotonius blakeburnensis n. gen. n. sp.
Libotonius blakeburnensis n. gen. n. sp. Wilson 1977
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Amyzon brevipinne
Amyzon brevipinne Cope 1893 carp-like fish
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet.
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin
gen. et sp. indet.
Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.