Charlton Island, James Bay (Holocene) (Holocene of Canada)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection. Stated in Richards (1962) to be deeper water that other nearby localities.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and polyplacophora. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana pernula Müller 1779 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte striata" = Astarte montagui, Astarte borealis
"Astarte striata" = Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"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
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"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
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna alba Brown 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neptunea despecta Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Subspecies: N. despecta tornata
"Buccinum tenue" = Buccinum scalariforme Möller 1842 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail
 Patellida - Acmaeidae
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet