Sainte-Julienne-de-Montcalm: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Difflugia oblonga
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Cassidulina reniforme
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Centropyxis aculeata
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Distomatopxis couillardii
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya arenaria
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma balthica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Macoma (Macoma) balthica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Polymorphinidae indet.
d'Orbigny 1839
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Haynesinidae
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Haynesina orbiculare
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium albiumbilicatum
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Elphidium excavatum
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| forma clavata | ||||||||||
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Elphidium incertum
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Elphidium hallandense
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Islandiellidae
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Islandiella helenae
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Islandiella norcrossi
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Buccella frigida
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 73.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° North, 73.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 10090 ± 60 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Champlain Sea clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: glaciomarine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81686 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-11 13:09:13 | Last modified: | 2010-07-01 15:40:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-11 13:09:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33031. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 27585 | C. R. Harington. 2008. The evolution of Arctic marine mammals. Ecological Applications 18(2 Suppl.):S23-S40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |