Saint-Felix-de-Valois (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (46.2° N, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 73.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Unit 2 Member, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• three local units

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; unlithified, silty claystone

• silty clay

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C. R. Harington, S. Lebel, M. Paiement and A. Vernal. 2006. Felix: A Late Pleistocene white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) skeleton from Champlain Sea deposits at Saint-Felix-de-Valois, Quebec. Geographic physique et Quaternair 60(2):183-198 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116551: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae