Also known as James Bay Loc. 2
Where: Nunavut, Canada (52.0° N, 79.5° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 79.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. From elevated beaches. AGE: Late Wisconsin (Richards 1936), dated between 7,000-8,000 years BP.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on checklists of Nichols (1936) and Richards (1940, 1941). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66524: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
Astarte borealis, "Astarte striata" = Astarte montagui
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam
"Astarte striata" = Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum, "Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea, "Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Nuculana pernula Müller 1779 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna alba Brown 1827 snail | |
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet | |
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle | |
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail | |
"Buccinum tenue" = Buccinum scalariforme, Neptunea despecta
"Buccinum tenue" = Buccinum scalariforme Möller 1842 true whelk |