Red Point on Kamloops Lake (Eocene of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.8° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 54.1° N, 108.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tranquille Beds Formation (Kamloops Group), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Rose, B. in pre-1914; reposited in the NMC
Primary reference: T. Cavender. 1966. Systematic Position of the North American Eocene Fish, "Leuciscus" rosei Hussakof. Copeia 1966(2):311-320 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192126: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 10.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Only the four fish specimens are said to have been ever collected here
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| Actinopteri | |
Eohiodon rosei n. gen. n. sp.
Eohiodon rosei n. gen. n. sp. Hussakof 1916 | |