Lerwick Road Site (Pleistocene of Canada)

Also known as Courtenay

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.7° N, 125.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 125.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• AMS date of 12570 +- 70 BP

Environment/lithology: foreshore; unlithified sandstone

• thin layer of oxidized sand

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. R. Harington, R. L. M. Ross, R. W. Matthewes, K. M. Stewart, and O. Beattie. 2004. A late Pleistocene Stellar sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) from Courtenay, British Columbia: its death, associated biota, and paleoenvironment. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41(11):1285-1297 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75232: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.09.2007, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodium sp. Linnaeus
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 knotweed
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Tsuga mertensiana Bongard 1832
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
unclassified
  -
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Margarites pupillus" = Pupillaria pupilla
"Margarites pupillus" = Pupillaria pupilla Gould 1849 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella multistriata Dall 1914 puncturella
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Neptunea lyrata Gmelin 1791 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus trossulus Gould 1850 mussel
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Bankia setacea Tryon 1863 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Saxidomus giganteus, "Cryptogramma sp." = Anomalocardia, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
Saxidomus giganteus Deshayes 1839 venus clam
"Cryptogramma sp." = Anomalocardia Schumacher 1817 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Clinocardium nuttallii" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii
"Clinocardium nuttallii" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii Conrad 1837 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
"Eumetopias jubata" = Eumetopias jubatus
"Eumetopias jubata" = Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Actinopteri
 Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Oncorhynchus sp. Suckley 1860 Pacific salmon
 Gadiformes - Gadidae