Muir Creek: Chattian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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Desmostylus hesperus
Marsh 1888
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= Cornwallius sookensis
Cornwall 1922
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Hay 1923 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum scopulosum
(Conrad 1849)
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bullia buccinoides
Merriam 1897
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Nassa newcombei
Merriam 1897
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Fusus sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
sp. nov. 1 and 2 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Chrysodomus dirus
(Reeve 1846)
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Trochita inornata
Gabb 1869
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Crepidula rugosa
Anton 1838
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
= Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Hendy 2020 | |||||||||
Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium sp.
Gray 1847
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
sp. nov. ? | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithidea sp.
Swainson 1840
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Cerithidea californica
(Haldeman 1840)
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Patella geometrica
Merriam 1897
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Acmaea mitra
Eschscholtz 1833
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placunanomia macroschisma
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) cornwalli
Clark and Arnold 1923
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Clark and Arnold 1923 | |||||||||
Pecten aequisulcatiis
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Pecten hastalus
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Pectunculus patulus
Conrad 1849
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cytherea ? newcombei
Merriam 1897
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Cytherea vancouverensis
Merriam 1897
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
? Tapes sp.
Mühlfeld 1811
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia impressa
(Conrad 1849)
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Merriam 1899 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia | County: | Vancouver Island |
Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 123.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 115.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Sooke |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lagoonal |
Geology comments: backbeach pond |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 63086 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, A. Hendy | Enterer: | M. Uhen, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-04 14:22:25 | Last modified: | 2019-12-06 16:52:44 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-11-04 14:22:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18169. | 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] |
Secondary references:
71158 | 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] | |
24940 | O. P. Hay. 1923. Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates. Pan-American Geologist 39:101-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
63217 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
61688 | J. C. Merriam. 1899. The fauna of the Sooke beds of Vancouver Island. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 1(5):175-181 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
18061 | E. A. Nesbitt. 2018. Cenozoic Marine Formations of Washington and Oregon: an annotated catalogue. PaleoBios 35:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |