Carmanah Creek (Oligocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.6° N, 124.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 115.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• late Chattian (24.8–24.1 Ma). Based on magnetostratigraphic evidence and associated mollusc and mammal data, the Sooke Formation has been correlated with Chron C6Cr (24.8–24.1 Ma) [108]. (Marx & Frodyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• specimens were embedded in a hard calcareous concretion

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1968. A new cetacean from the Oligocene Sooke Formation of Vancouver Island, British Colombia. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 5:929-933 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45783: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Chonecetus sookensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chonecetus sookensis n. gen. n. sp. Russell 1968 whale