Kirby Creek, upstream (Oligocene of Canada)
Also known as Cornwall C, Cornwall E
Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 115.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 7738: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 01.06.2000, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Modiolus sookensis n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 mussel
Mytilus (Mytillconcha) vancouverensis n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 mussel
Mytilus sammamishensis Weaver 1912 mussel | |
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Solen clallamensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Agasoma acuminatum Anderson and Martin 1914 true whelk | |
"Searlesia branneri" = Calicantharus branneri
"Searlesia branneri" = Calicantharus branneri Clark and Arnold 1923 snail | |
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Antiplanes muirensis Clark and Arnold 1923 snail | |
| Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea vancouverensis n. gen. n. sp.
Siderastrea vancouverensis n. gen. n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 stony coral | |