Daveluyville (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (46.2° N, 72.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 72.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bone radiocarbon dated at 11400 +- 90 B.P.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: H. E. P. Spencer. 1966. An Essex fossil ziphoid whale and its implication of geographical changes in geological times. The Essex Naturalist 31(5):348-353 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51019: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.05.2005, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera physalus1 Linnaeus 1758 fin whale
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum2 Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Yoldia (Portlandia) cf. siliqua" = Portlandia
"Yoldia (Portlandia) cf. siliqua" = Portlandia clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel