Northwest Bay (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.3° N, 124.2° W: paleocoordinates 55.6° N, 93.3° W)

When: Haslam Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Nyborg and J. Fam. 2008. Bicornisranina bocki, n. gen., n. sp. (Decapoda: Raninidae) from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Crustacean Geology 28(4):686-694 [M. Clapham/A. Dalal]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235401: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Anya Dalal on 05.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Sphenoceramus sp. Böhm 1915 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
Bicornisranina bocki Nyborg and Fam 2008 crab
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae sp. Dana 1852 decapod