China Beach (Oligocene of Canada)
Also known as NP 130, GSC 315
Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 124.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 115.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206861: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata
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| Bivalvia | |
Venus victoriana n. sp.
Venus victoriana n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 venus clam | |
"Mulinia newcombei" = Pseudocardium newcombei, Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis n. sp.
"Mulinia newcombei" = Pseudocardium newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923 clam
Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 clam | |
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Tellina oregonensis Conrad 1848 tellin clam | |
Mytilus hannibali n. sp., "Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) matthewsonii" = Mytiloconcha
Mytilus hannibali n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 mussel
"Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) matthewsonii" = Mytiloconcha mussel | |
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Ostrea sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923 oyster | |
"Pododesmus newcombei n. sp." = Pododesmus (Monia) newcombei
"Pododesmus newcombei n. sp." = Pododesmus (Monia) newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop | |
"Pecten columbianum n. sp." = Leochlamys columbiana
"Pecten columbianum n. sp." = Leochlamys columbiana Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop | |