Also known as Hudson Bay Loc. 4
Where: Nunavut, Canada (62.1° N, 92.5° W: paleocoordinates 62.1° N, 92.5° 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 (O'Neil 1924, Richards 1940, 1941, and Nichols 1936). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Shallow excavations up to 30 ft above high tide.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 66509: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella | |
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle | |
"Vermetus nigricans" = Petaloconchus nigricans
"Vermetus nigricans" = Petaloconchus nigricans Dall 1884 worm shell | |
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Astarte banksii" = Astarte montagui, Astarte borealis
"Astarte banksii" = Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam |