Bajo Point (Oligocene of Canada)

Also known as GSC 20050, 20564, 20584, 20585

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.6° N, 126.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 115.8° W)

When: Division D Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Jeletsky (1973) clearly correlates these rocks with the upper Blakeley and Sooke Formation, which he says is lower Miocene. These rocks are now consider Chattian in age after Domning 1978 & Nesbitt 2018.

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, calcareous sandstone

• greenish to bluish grey, limy sandstone, grading locally into sandy shell-limestone, minor grit and pebble-conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1973. Age and depositional environments of Tertiary rocks of Nootka Island British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 10(3):331-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206743: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Acilla (Truncacilla) cf. conradi
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis cf. newcombei
Cerithiopsis cf. newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Molopophorus newcombei
Molopophorus newcombei Merriam 1897 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Bruclarkia acuminatum" = Agasoma acuminatum
"Bruclarkia acuminatum" = Agasoma acuminatum Anderson and Martin 1914 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Priscofusus cf. hannibali" = Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali
"Priscofusus cf. hannibali" = Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali Clark and Arnold 1923 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Fusitriton cf. goodspeedi
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. ungana
Crepidula cf. ungana Dall 1908 slipper shell
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Scaphander cf. gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni
"Scaphander cf. gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni Tegland 1933 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Yoldia (Portlandia) cf. cooperii
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus mathewsoni" = Crenomytilus mathewsoni
"Mytilus mathewsoni" = Crenomytilus mathewsoni Gabb 1866 mussel
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen clallamensis
Solen clallamensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula (Mactromeria) cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria, Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis
"Spisula (Mactromeria) cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria Conrad 1848 clam
Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam
new subspecies
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Ceratoderma sookensis" = Cerastoderma
"Ceratoderma sookensis" = Cerastoderma cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina cf. acutilineata" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Lucina cf. acutilineata" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium cf. conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma
"Dentalium cf. conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 tusk shell