Sainte-Julienne-de-Montcalm (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (46.0° N, 73.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Champlain Sea clay

Environment/lithology: coastal; red claystone

• glaciomarine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. A. Bouchard, C. R. Harington, and J.-P. Guilbault. 1993. First evidence of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus L) in Late Pleistocene Champlain Sea sediments, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(8):1715-1719 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81686: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Life -
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Islandiellidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Haynesinidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Polymorphinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1839