Sandstone Creek (Oligocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.6° N, 124.6° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 115.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 63088: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea geometrica Merriam 1897 limpet
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster