Kirby Creek, east (Oligocene of Canada)

Also known as CAS 231, GSC 317, GSC 1144, NP 129, Cornwall B

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 115.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 63087: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sookensis2, Mytilus sammamishensis2, "Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) matthewsonii" = Mytiloconcha2
Modiolus sookensis2 Clark and Arnold 1923 mussel
Mytilus sammamishensis2 Weaver 1912 mussel
"Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) matthewsonii" = Mytiloconcha2 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Pododesmus newcombei" = Pododesmus (Monia) newcombei2
"Pododesmus newcombei" = Pododesmus (Monia) newcombei2 Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli n. sp." = Chlamys cornwalli2
"Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli n. sp." = Chlamys cornwalli2 Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris vancouverensis n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen clallamensis2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium sookensis n. sp." = Clinocardium sookensis2
"Cardium sookensis n. sp." = Clinocardium sookensis2 Clark and Arnold 1923 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele vancouverensis n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina vancouverensis n. sp.2, Tellina oregonensis2, "Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis2, Macoma sp.2, Macoma sookensis n. sp.2, "Metis vancouverensis n. sp." = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata2
Tellina vancouverensis n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 tellin clam
Tellina oregonensis2 Conrad 1848 tellin clam
"Tellina (Peronidia) bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis2 Hinds 1844 tellin clam
Macoma sp.2 Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma sookensis n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 tellin clam
"Metis vancouverensis n. sp." = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata2 Clark 1918 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Myadesma dalli2 Clark 1922 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula (Hemimactra) hannibali n. sp." = Mactromeris hannibali2, "Mulinia newcombei n. sp." = Pseudocardium newcombei2
"Spisula (Hemimactra) hannibali n. sp." = Mactromeris hannibali2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
"Mulinia newcombei n. sp." = Pseudocardium newcombei2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione vancouverensis" = Securella vancouverensis2, "Antigona vancouverensis" = Pitar vancouverensis2, Saxidomus newcombei2
"Chione vancouverensis" = Securella vancouverensis2 Clark and Arnold 1923 venus clam
"Antigona vancouverensis" = Pitar vancouverensis2 Merriam 1897 venus clam
Saxidomus newcombei2 Merriam 1897 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta cf. stephensoni" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni2
"Diplodonta cf. stephensoni" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) stephensoni2 Clark 1918 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Cyrene (Corbicula) sookensis n. sp." = Corbicula sookensis2
"Cyrene (Corbicula) sookensis n. sp." = Corbicula sookensis2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Zirfaea sp.2 Gray 1842 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya quadrata2 Arnold 1909 softshell clam
subspecies vancouverensis
Platyodon cf. cancellatus2 Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides columbianum n. sp." = Lucinoma columbiana2
"Phacoides columbianum n. sp." = Lucinoma columbiana2 Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Trimusculidae
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata2
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata2 Sowerby 1835 button snail
n. subspecies sookensis
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Searlesia branneri n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 true whelk
Agasoma acuminatum2 Anderson and Martin 1914 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
"Cerithidea newcombei" = Cerithiopsis newcombei
"Cerithidea newcombei" = Cerithiopsis newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Antiplanes muirensis n. sp.2 Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceridae
Goniobasis sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
Polyplacophora
  -
Oligochiton lioplax n. gen. n. sp.1
Oligochiton lioplax n. gen. n. sp.1 Berry 1922 chiton
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
"Desmostylus sookensis n. sp." = Cornwallius sookensis
"Desmostylus sookensis n. sp." = Cornwallius sookensis Cornwall 1922 desmostylian
Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Canadodus suntoki n. gen. n. sp.3
Canadodus suntoki n. gen. n. sp.3 Popov et al. 2020 chimaera
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