Where: Quebec, Canada (46.0° N, 73.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 73.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Champlain Sea clay
Environment/lithology: coastal; red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. A. Bouchard, C. R. Harington, and J.-P. Guilbault. 1993. First evidence of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus L) in Late Pleistocene Champlain Sea sediments, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(8):1715-1719 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 81686: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Mammalia | |
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
Nodosariata | |
Polymorphinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Protozoa | |